"Still alive and in one piece." He gave a quick sweeping motion with his free hand as he noticed her giving him a quick once over, as if to make sure he hadn't lost important limbs or injured himself during his 'retreat' from everyone. When she was reassured that all was well, Merlin made his way inside.
"You too." Merlin smiled, having already given her the same sort of look as well to make sure there was nothing obvious about her or laying around the apartment he should worry about. He had checked the network earlier to see what he'd missed, and realized Gwen had upset Arthur at least once with the drinking. He imagined she was probably a bit of a lightweight when it came to alcohol (takes one to know one) so it had only taken a drink or two to get her drunk. Arthur clearly didn't take to well to it, but Merlin saw he'd implied that hadn't been the first time.
"So, I've brought the popcorn, you have the movie -- anything we're missing?"