"Thanks, babe. I don't mean to be a buzzkill, but I'm sort of a recovering alcoholic, and I really don't need the temptation right now." Ellis clearly had no problem discussing her personal demons at this point, which to her was encouraging.
"Absolutely." She said then, as to her picking the place. "I'm supposed to be on-call tomorrow, but I can probably get my sister to trade off with me, so I don't have to worry about getting called in while we're out."