"I don't..." And then the words that come out aren't the ones he expects. "I don't want not to. I think." Overstatement, here. The thinking part, that is. "I mean... there used to be the whole thing where we... you know, just hang around, that's just one more way to do that, you know? In a way? Not going out with each other. I mean, not that I've..." Shrugs. "But now that's changed with Caleb and Pogue and dating and everything, you know? And not like I ever-- oouh." Eyes widening a little.

Breathed out. "Pogue. If-- ... um. we... Um. If we," meaning him and Tyler, "and he needs- I mean, I'd... I can behave, but if he needs-- it things aren't going---" yeah, no, words and thoughts, Reid totally lost them.