"No! I didn't do it for a laugh!" Ted protested, rubbing his jaw and wincing. That was probably going to bruise too. "I just -- Fuck! -- I can't stand him and I saw him at the pub and of course, you know, of course he had something to say so I wasn't going to stay shut up - was it?" Ted said, chin sticking out defiantly. He left out the bit where the whole fight part had happened over her but, you know, maybe he'd mention that later.