It all was going to turn out great. Richie, now that he'd chosen, put money down and really dug into the idea was excited as much as he was nervous and he believed only good things were in his future. Or hoped it, anyway.
"Cheese fries. Wow, livin' big there, Dick." The hair ruffling was -- funny actually. Richie went a little pink over it but then ended up laughing anyway because god, they must have looked a sight - this young dude mussing up Richie's hair like he was the kid in the equation.
Well. He sort of was. But only by matters of circumstance. That was a thing. And not something Richie'd soon forget. "I'll spring for a burger too, if you're into it."