He took hold of the larger bag, and moved it to the side, away from the entryway.<br/><br/>"Ryan's my brother-in-law.  He couldn't make it, but... well, I guess he thought this would be a good opportunity for me to ... um... ", he smiled then, "make a fool of myself in font of complete strangers."<br/><br/>After she locked her car, and followed it with a rambling explanation, Luke figured she might just be as nervous as himself, and it actually served to relax him just a bit.  "Well," he told her, "I've heard that bears steal food... maybe raccoons steal cars?"  It came out, really, before he could edit himself and he hoped he hadn't just said something that would forever label him a reject.<br/><br/>He hoped that someone would find their way to the door soon - he needed something to distract him from Irene because he was having a very hard time keeping his eyes where they belonged, and that was making him talk like an idiot...