He lets that one land without trying to avoid it, figuring better small pain now than great pain later. He catches the inflection in her voice and manages to stop laughing so much, just grinning happily. "And ruin the surprise? Come on, isn't it like, that much better now you know how bad the evening could have been?"

He reaches out to take her hand again, tangling their fingers together. "If you keep hitting me, they probably won't let us in."