He laughed, breathlessly, shaking his head as his hand slid down her back a little, fingers just brushing over the fabric of her top. He knew this wasn't the first date for her, and even if it had been... "I think sometimes exceptions can be made... and this is one of those times. I think nothing but the best of you, I promise." He couldn't help but think of how this might have gone if he'd remembered, what their reunion might have been like if he'd turned around on that sidewalk and swept her into his arms. It suddenly made his heart ache, that he couldn't do that, that he couldn't have given her that when it was something he could sense she'd been waiting for, those four years. "Like I said... I might need a little rushing, right?"