"I don't usually take guys up on offers like that either... guess we're either each other's exceptions or, more likely, there was something in those drinks there." Something. Nathaniel couldn't come up with any other reason why he'd been so eager to do something like that with someone he didn't even know.

"For the record, pathetic wasn't exactly what I was thinking last night... if that helps." He didn't know if it would. He wasn't sure what he was even thinking right now besides disbelief as the memories cleared and filtered right back in.