Hero. He smiled. Most of the world would never know of the things he did with his power ring, but this small gesture, a mere two dollars in change, and he was called a 'hero.' Life tended to be funny that way.
Her question was something he considered a challenge. Because there were a lot of songs he liked and could have requested, but this was not really about him. Clearly she had either graduated, or at the very least was done for school for the summer. To make just any request, would be to ruin the spirit. And so, as he said up a little straighter in his stool and rested his elbow on the bar top, he said the first thing that came to his mind.
"Might sound kind of silly, but Surfin' USA is the first song that comes to mind. But then I did grow up in California."