Because this was all new for Andrew and Peter didn’t want to push. Because they had wanted to keep things just between them for a bit. Because everyone else would have made a big fucking deal and Andrew didn’t like the attention. Because Andrew never asked for much, and the privacy that he so valued was the least Peter could offer him. All those reasons spinning through his head were old news for him, things he’d said to Rose and Epiphany and Spike on several occasions.
But, just looking at her, seeing the disbelief in her eyes as she stared at him, he knew right then he couldn’t say them to Ginger. Not without adding insult to injury and hurting her even more. So instead, his expression pleading for to not push and his voice as gentle as he could manage, he said, “Because he asked me to. Please, Ginger. I won’t ask for anything else.”