"I think I'll look reserved and aloof. You know, like everyone says I look," Jake replied. He could joke about that with Marco. They both knew what had happened. What sort of toll the war took. He leaned on the table and cast a glance in the girl's direction and then looked away with a shrug. Man, this took him back. Marco had already stopped trying to get him hooked up back home.

"...I don't think so. I mean... I'm not that good of a dancer anyway."