Jamie smiled pleasantly at her, almost sugary sweetly even. He was very glad that Sam was okay with the nickname. Oh sure, it made it sound like he was talking to a guy but really, if people didn’t realize certain names could belong to women too... They were just idiots and needed to be removed from the gene pool as quickly as possible. Maybe he was being too judgmental there but he didn’t quite want to think about it.
Did he really need to practice? Yes. Was she keeping him from it...? Yes. But he liked making new friends and could practice later that night. “You’re fine. Don’t worry about it. I can really get into it after dinner.” That nice smile just stayed in place. Really, he didn’t mind. Of course, that was probably going to get him in trouble with the rest of the back up band. Oh well. “If I get flak, I’ll take responsibility. No reason for a nice girl like you to get in trouble for my laziness.”