"Well, I mean... I was only a lad back in Newcastle - that's in the North East of England, by the way - and then I packed me bags and came here. And... I think I'm a bit nerdy, if you want the truth."
Because he was going to have to tell her the nerdiest thing about him now. "I'm, erm, I'm at Drexel. Second year, when classes start up again. I'm studying... Computing and Security Technology." If she didn't run screaming from the nerdiness of that, he could bust out a little more, perhaps.
And there she went again, talking about how they were meant to be together. It was starting to grown on him, slowly. He was letting himself think about how it might be. Shyly, he looked up at her, and shifted a little closer.