A little bit of relief washed over him when she made the statement, knowing that BB wasn't one to hide her feelings or to lie. Still it wasn't till he watched her nose wrinkle that a bright smile was seen on Mitchell's face again. Oh he knew she wasn't a fan of the stuff, but it was better than the alternative. When she posed the question the young man actually went still for a moment, considering the query seriously, before he at last offered a slight shrug of his shoulders. "Been living under the sun for a long time chica, always riding the waves or the streets. Cali sun kissed my skin since I was like four or five years old, and since then I've always managed to get a sweet tan."
So many kids of this generation seemed to send all their free time indoors; sitting around in their AC filled rooms, playing on the tech and vegging out. Granted Goosen loved watched a few movies every now and then, but being outside and being active was just a part of who he was. Heck the longest time he ever spent inside was back when that gnarly storm came through the town...and that was a boring couple of days. "Hang with me long enough chica and you'll end up getting a tan too. Just comes from kicking it outside, and from chilling on the beach like this."
A nod was his response when BB talked about the professor again. He hadn't met the dude yet but Mitchell believed her when she said the guy was really smart. In truth she was the smartest person he knew, so it was impressive to her BB give props like that. Oh sure the chica was still learning bout life here, but that awesome brain of hers just soaked up info at an amazing rate. Granted there were times when she got overloaded, but who wouldn't if they tried processing stuff like she did.
"Well that's cool. Can't wait to meet your new friend and see what what does round here. Know the folks in town could def use some mondo help handling their gifts and stuff."
A dark blush was seen on the young man's face when she thanked him, and Mitchell grinned ever brighter. "Hey now, it's all good BB. Love taking care of ya, and you are always there for me too so I think you're the best too!" He took a second to open his own bottle of juice, and after taking a big gulp of the tasty drinkage he capped the lid again.
"Would've been lost without ya, chica...none of this tech stuff made any sense to me till ya came around. So you and me, we're just an awesome team...and no need to fret, not planning on making ya find out cause I'm always here for ya."