"True, but how pleased would he be if you purposely made him turn into a frog?" This time he kept himself from laughing, since encouraging your girlfriend to turn her honorary brother-type figure into a frog was probably one of those things to avoid.
Cole pulled a face, half serious and half teasing. "Thanks. That's good to know." He hoped that she listened at least a little before anything too bad happened.
Once the elevator stopped at his floor he hesitated, telling himself that it would take all of two minutes for Ileana to get to her floor. "I guess you can take it from here, huh?" He grinned, leaning over to give her a kiss. "See you Saturday night, birthday girl."