Her smile widens almost against her will. It's much easier to be cheerful, which is more her natural state, when there's someone to exchange slightly pointed flippant jokes with about the situation.

"It'd be because the girls are ignoring us," she corrects him primly. "I'm gay. So we get to skip the whole awkward sexual tension thing, too. There's no tension." She'd done that with Xander and Tony was uncomfortably right about how well that'd ended. At least their friendship hadn't dissolved over it, and by now it was ancient history. She'd no more try dating Xander again than she'd try hitting on Giles.

Just the thought was kind of funny, imagining his reaction. Lots of glasses cleaning, she decides.

"But barbecues, there might be barbecues. That's what you're signing on for this ride, buddy."