SHE KIND OF DID.
Practicing partner? Progress? Actually, that sounded kind of good to him. But he rolled his eyes anyway. He didn't need to encourage this, now did he? "Well, ah...I'm actually going out of practice. For a little while." He cleared his throat and looked down, "So, yeah."
God, he hated himself right now. Why couldn't he just move on? Do what he wanted to do?