Zacharias was just as surprised to see Merlin Toke walk through the doors. Of all the people in the Wizarding world to come through the doors of Sugarush at that moment, it was him. That was... well, odd. A big coincidence.
He recovered first, and flashed a lazy, easy grin at the other. "Well if it isn't Merlin Toke," he said. He nudged the other chair with his foot, pushing it back from the table. "Sit, sit," he instructed, waving a hand at the chair as he did so.
"I think you owe me an explaination, at least," he added, because he had been trying to figure out what it was about him that freaked Merlin out as it did.