"Most animals do." Under the table, Gioia shifted a little to put her head on Nicky's foot and he glanced up and past Andy. "The waitress is coming back." With a box and a stern talking to if her bemused smirk could be believed.

He intercepted her with a quiet chuckle and something that could have been reassurance, but it was all in Italian. She pointed at him with the waxed cardboard and he laughed, but nodded and took the 'threatening' tool from her hand. In exchange, he handed her a card and she ran it quickly through the tablet that she pulled from her apron pocket. He signed the screen and she smiled at them both before once more leaving them to their conversation.

Nicky's smirk lingered on his lips for a moment before he started moving the barely touched food from his plate to the box. "She likes to fuss over me. She's taken up the role of my sister while I've been here. Apparently, she likes you and thinks that it is lovely that I've made a new friend."