"I'm not going to stay away." Johnny glanced at her. "You know better than that."
He was hoping that this drinking session turned out like their last one had. There had been serious matters rolling around, but all that booze had reduced them to giggles eventually. That's what he wanted right now. To not care about the potential problems looming, to not think about what it meant that he was jealous of Evan, and for Mary to not have to think about anything either.
"How drunk are you planning to get me this time?" He smiled, changing the subject. "I mean, you did pretty well, but is this a running experiment, upping the ante each time? And how about we just go with the whiskey this time?"