There it was again, that "if<em>you</em>want" and that "tag along" phrasing that made Anessa feel as if her coming along was just something he would tolerate, rather than something he actually wanted. It only made sense for him to not want her around if he had struck up a date with the nice French girl he had met, but she felt it was unnecessary to say she could come along just out of pity. Whether her assumptions were rational or not, the slight hurt and embarrassment still showed in her voice, even if she didn't intend to guilt him out at all. "No, I really shouldn't get in the way if you had plans. Thank you for the match, though. I think I learned a few things from it."