Eli was faced with a choice that would likely get him into a lot of trouble lately. He took his beer and sighed. "Yeah," he said. What was the worst that Colin could do to him, really? If Emma was so afraid of them being alone together, Eli kind of wanted to find out why. He doubted she'd be happy with it, but he let Colin lead him to the empty table across the room and sat down across from him. Emma was just going to have to get angry about it. The more she tried to keep them apart, the more he wanted to know why, so really her reaction only pushed him more towards Colin and the unknown.
He sat down at the table and took a sip of his beer. "I don't know if she's afraid you'll say something I don't like or the other way around," he sighed.