He might not have minded the hug to much, the smell would have been what go to him most. He sniffed and shook his head to clear the rest of the heady emotions away. His hands coming to prop up on his hips, bared because of the smallness of the sweats.
"I'll help run interference from the..." It was a strange word for the people he'd seen between the door he'd left and the edge of the wood. "guests. If I can't keep her busy, and keep them occupied then I wouldn't be much of a friend." What he didn't tell her was that there was no way in hell he was going to give up, without her 'brother' there... That spot was definitely open in his book.
"Yeah I'm not much of a reader anyway, so staying away from books wont be too hard. But if there's something you don't want her to know, you'd better not tell me. I wouldn't do it intentionally but I can't say something wouldn't slip accidentally..." He knew there were plenty of times he'd said something to Bella that he shouldn't have. Telling her about what the Cullen's were was one of them. Even if it had been before he knew the legends were true.