"Okay. Cool." Honestly, Alex is relieved she doesn't need to explain Simon. It's sort of impossible to fully explain Simon even if you weren't keeping pieces of your backstory locked behind so many locks at this moment. "There will be a lot of scotch and cookies, because I have a feeling that we're going to need to have both." Because what goes better with a tale of heartbreak and terribleness than good scotch and good cookies?

With her things stuffed into her bag, (It's going to break some day when she does that, but for now it holds fast) Alex just dropped a generous tip on the table and smiled at him. "All set?"