"I'm okay with this. I mean, I didn't expect this. I didn't go on a blind date thinking that it'd turn out this way. But I'm definitely okay with it. Somehow I have a hard time believing you don't know a lot about dates, though."

Shit. Did that sound way over the top in terms of flirtation? Now he has to figure out how to navigate that, too, and if casual chatter is hard enough, intentional flirtation is completely beyond him. The last time he'd tried to flirt with someone, well, they hadn't thrown pie at him, but they hadn't exactly reciprocated, either.

"All I mean is that it seems like you know what you're doing. That's a good thing, if you're wondering. Even if it's not true and you just know what you're doing as compared to me, because I have no idea."