Despite all of Ernie's reservations, and despite telling both himself and Zach ages ago that he wasn't interested, Ernie found that he actually somewhat was. The problem now? Tracey. While he would never do anything to purposely sabotage their relationship, or break the two apart, he didn't like her. She wore cheap perfume ( he thought, anyway ), and she hung around entirely too much as well as monopolized Zach's time. It was for that reason that Ernie didn't object to having dinner with his master, though it did surprise him. He reached over and put his hand over Zach's, giving it a little squeeze.
"I am," he answered. "I promise. And just look at me, I'm going to be fat soon. Stop worrying so much about me."