Jesse and Beth
Jesse turned to her with a wide grin. "So were you," he told her, his own enthusiasm genuine. He was a performer, and he was a fan of other performers. "You have a lot of passion up on stage," he said. He'd noticed, it was hard not to notice how passionate Beth was.
"I'm Jesse," he offered his hand. "I don't think we've met." But they had now, and he felt like she was someone he could be friends with.