"Thanks."

It's easy to fall into step with him. To take a couple steps to walk almost right beside him. It's like at the party. The closer they walk together, the less suspicious any of it seems. A young man and a young woman? Only look odd walking to the same car if there's distance between them instead of, at least, a friendly closeness.

"I must seem totally mental right now. It's just... been a long day."

And it would be an even longer week, she knew.