Screw what the town says, let them talk. It just means they don't have anything fucking better to do, because they're a bunch of lifeless assholes. They're all stuck on the same routine day in and day out, and apparently gossip's part of the routine.

Rather than answer her with a yes or no, he simply slides a hand into his pocket and pulls out a ring box. He slides it across the table at her, eyebrows twitching up to take in her thoughts on the whole thing.

He's been with Lori for a while now, since before his mom passed away. Lori held him up, she held him together during his worst moments, and he's... got this weird... gut-deep feeling that he's lost someone before- not his mother, but a girl that he loved. This feeling that if he doesn't secure what he has now, he might just lose it too, and he doesn't want to feel that pain shredding him from the inside out. Not again.

Which doesn't change the fact that she's only just about to turn eighteen, that she's a juvenile delinquent and he's got a much more tempered personality than hers. That it's too young for either of them, but especially for her.

So he's conflicted.

Hence the keywords thinking about it, and his rather obvious attempt at gauging Andrea's opinions on the subject.