And he was likely to for a long damn time. Yeah, he could get through one weekend faking his way uncomfortably through it, but every time he saw her for the rest of his life?

Xander held it in his hand for a moment, not actually slipping it back on. "It's about not having time to stop for goggles when your hometown's about to get sucked into a sinkhole," he answered. Because he wasn't about to try to explain what had really happened. That was close enough to the truth.