To be fair to Buffy, nobody falls as fast as Alcide does. He's always been one to jump in head first where matters of the heart are concerned. And to be fair to Alcide, once he's in, he's in, loyal almost to a fault where he's so easy to walk all over and he'll still be all in. He's kind of a pushover for his own emotions when the heart is involved. So there's really no hurry for Buffy to get there. Once Alcide's there, which he is, he's there whether she is or not.

"Yeah, actually I am. Which is surprising." Because he's got a lot of feelings about this shindig and very few of them are good. Charity his ass. What a sham, in his opinion. But seeing Buffy and Zee all dolled up like they are, that's a plus.

"Oh, someone said the drinks there were... happy drinks and I just figured it would be alcohol, I guess. Cause... club." They usually go hand in hand. But then again there's nothing usual about this place so maybe he shouldn't have assumed.