Ben cringed at that and looked away, embarrassed as he realized he'd misread what she'd said. "Right. Sorry. That was really stupid."

As he tried to come up with something to say that wouldn't involve shoving his foot farther down his throat, the watch's face suddenly started flashing yellow, and it started screeching.

"I'm sorry I ever said you had bad timing," he muttered under his breath to the watch as he lifted it up.