Well this was a bad idea he couldn't help but think as the awkwardness settled in between them. "Yeah, well, I meant to call..." he started but couldn't quite find it in himself to finish it. Anything he could or would say at this point would be a lie and looking over at her he simply didn't want to. Jo wasn't the kind of girl he could just spin some story to, not that he really knew what kind of girl she was. It was just, different.
"Pretty messed up situation hey," he said instead and gratefully took his bottle of beer when the bartender handed it to him, taking a long drink. "Didn't much expect to end up in some freaky Twilight Zone dimension when I woke up this morning."