"Let me amend my statement to include Alexander. They'd probably both be pretty intimidating to see on the other side of a door." Joe said with a nervous chuckle.

When she mentioned that she wanted to do something and saw her blush, Joe couldn't resist. He had to play with Roxie a little; it was his duty as a friend. While the idea of dating Roxie had crossed his mind, Joe had already come up with several reasons why it would be a bad idea and why he'd be a really crappy person for even pursuing said idea. The largest reason in the bunch was that he, nor Roxie, was ready for anything like that.

He tried to ignore the voice in the back of his head telling him that only one of those people was making excuses for both of them.

"All right, then. I'm hungry and I've got some time before I need to hit the streets. What do you say to dinner? My treat."