"I- I didn't know how to... I just thought your were beautiful and..." He shrugged, not really able to think of a better reason than that. She didn't know just how hard of a time he had trying to blend in at High School and failing so horribly that he had to have his 'mental disorder' listed in his file and told to the teachers. Which Roxy of all people would be aware that everyone in the school then knew about it. That was how he really had gotten the guy who was trying to get the dance drunk as a friend. He had used the knowledge and rumor against someone trying to bully him- the friend, not Xander.
"I still think you are amazing." Xander looked down, embarrassed but only slightly aware that he was. The room still spun like it did with the first drink, but he was at the point of liking the spinning. It made him feel like they were dancing in the air or jello. It made her lips more interesting to watch and his hands slipped down to her hips.