Dean grinned back at her. "They were all right. Bit slow, and filled with kids who didn't have enough to do and drove me crazy. But that pretty much goes with the territory, so I'm used to it. I just forget how crowded it can seem, while I'm at school most of the year," he told her easily.
He kept half an eye on the rest of the crowd, but like the rest of them, he was just passing time, waiting to hear the truth. Might as well chat with someone while he was.
He could see the worry in her face and posture though, and Dean shrugged, giving it up. "Did you have any trouble getting here?" he asked instead.