Eddie took most of the bags from her hands and strung what he could on one arm so he could wrap his free arm around her as they walked out onto the Alley proper. "I see you also wanted me along for the eye candy factor," he teased, "or maybe for the potential snogging factor."
He went easily when she steered them toward the soap shop and her flat. Hopefully her father wasn't lurking about to give him the evil eye. He was in much too good a mood to want to deal with that.