To hear that Jack was also jealous was a surprising revelation. "You? You always come across as the put together guy, flirting with anybody with a pulse." It wasn't meant to be a insult, but a matter of fact.
"Well," he continued, slowly. "I also wanted to apologize for skipping off without letting you know. We haven't really talked since then... or really not that much... and I reckoned fixing that thing would be a good ice breaker."