"Ah, shift work. Not doing so being a perk of my job" he said, taking a look at their destination. "Must to admit to indulging myself in a cheeky takeaway every now and again, though. But you're not allowed to tell." He winked ironically with a grin.
He nodded, deciding not to ask about her specific friends, feeling it to be a bit too much like prying at this stage. "We'd get a strip torn out of us if we overdid it during the season, of course, but on a bye week or immediately after a game there's usually several of us going out, yeah."
"Looks nice" he said, having given the place the once over. "Relaxed, not too pretentious, that sort of thing."