Mort grinned. "So I gather. I kind of see why she gets along with James so well." He chuckled. "I, uh, I heard you two talking... sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I just kind of always listen to James." He flipped his carpenter's pencil end-over-end in his fingers for a minute, then twisted his ponytail into a loose bun and stuck the pencil through it, fidgeting. "Anyway, I just - y'know, I know how you feel, Aaron. That ace James mentioned with the pushy prom date? That was me."