"Then maybe you should try out that haunted house in town and scare yourself awake," she teased, pleased to have gotten a smile out of him.

...Also, those egg rolls were looking delicious, thank you very much. It'd be a shame to leave them unattended now that the conversation was lightening up.

"But there's something to be said for 'early to bed and early to rise' — it's said to make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."