Re: Ned and Melinda
Getting Melinda to smile or laugh was basically like winning the lottery for Ned. That's how he felt, anyway, and it's why he worked so hard on his 'comedy' to keep being able to make him laugh. Again, he wished he had his best friend to rattle off some of the new material first. Maybe he could have Alyssa listen to them... but she'd probably hate most of them.
"I can do that." He meant the refreshments. And he started to help her as people filed in.
"Hey, so, are you going to do 2000s and then 2010s and stop there, or you going to go up to 2020 now?"