"Oh, don't be so grumpy, Jon. She's a really lovely woman." He kicks his foot again, just sort of scuffing at the dirt as he walks in lieu of thinking up an actual conversation topic. "So, I was wondering- d'you wanna go to the cinema this weekend?"

He casts a sideling glance his way, then hastily looks ahead.

"Tim's busy, but I've already got the tickets, so..."