"Holy shit you admitted it...and that probably didn't help..." He made a face when that just popped out of him before he thought about it. Gloating right now was really not the right move so he ended up coughing to give himself a couple of seconds to figure out something better to say.
"Look, forget all that. Do you trust me?" He knew the answer was going to be stupid and not thought out so he sat down and grabbed her hands with his own before she could move.
"What I mean is, if we were somewhere and trying to get in somewhere or run away from someone and you had to jump and I was there...would you trust me to catch you?"