[Being sweet to Bernie is good! And... yeah not helping his 'just friends' case, but so it goes.

But then it's just a matter of time until his casual flirting sets in, so he takes a sip of tea, watches Lance carefully...

And there it is. There he goes, tripping over his words and turning red.]

If that's all they wanted, then they should be paying us both for sitting here, right?

[Yeah, he's going to keep on it.]

Though if you're that intent on not talking with me anymore, I suppose we could figure out another way to occupy your... [Very pointed pause, right there.] ...time.