Excitement was to be expected from Katie - even at seventeen, she wasn't quite jaded beyond her 'teenage girl' years. But John's mom was something else. There was no excitement there, just an amused condescendion that made John feel all about of five years old.

"Hey, how are you-" Okay, that gambit didn't work. "No, Mom, you don't need to apologise, Katie didn't disturb-" And that didn't either. "Thanks for sharing how you spent the evening after Dad proposed, that was....kind of you." Oh, with the oversharing. He'd definitely got it from his mom. "But yeah, I am engaged now. Yes, to Bobby." He turned around a bit and rolled his eyes at the person they were currently talking about. "Yes, this was probably a long time coming. Yes, I know exactly what you think about it." John's voice got a little more steely as his mom tried to impart her usual wisdom about first loves. "But I'm still - what, you want to talk to him?"

John held the phone to his chest and mimed 'Do you mind?' to Bobby, a bit bewildered himself by the idea his mom wanted to talk to his new fiancé.