"Not yet," Cal says. "She'd like it if I had some kind of understanding with a girl from our social circle, though. You know, engaged to be engaged kind of thing."

There are people who think he and Jess Scott are more serious about each other than they really are (that is, at all), which suits them and their parents just fine. It's convenient.

- which, he realizes, he's going to have to explain to Tina if things keep going as they have been.

(God, the boyfriend thing. He's so bad at the boyfriend thing.)