"Oof.." He feigned a flinch as she bopped about, recovering quickly with a grin. "Ah'm real excited too. It's kinda like a real date. We ain't telling each other it isn't and it ain't in the school." The latter was the biggest selling point. At the dance, any existing nervousness (and there was quite a bit) was compounded by the fact that they were surrounded by fellow students, faculty. He was looking forward to time alone.
"An' Ah'm real excited to see Colin Meloy. He's one of mah favorites when it comes ta' song writin'."