She pulled her cell phone out of her clutch and shot Carla a brief text saying that she was going to catch a ride with Leon and to have fun with Paul. She put the phone on silent before tucking it away in her clutch once more. "We don't have to stay any longer. A lot of people head out after the  dinner as well because it is getting late." Glancing at the large clock on the wall she noted that it was a little after 11 pm.

Good grief he looked so good with that cat that ate the canary grin on his face. He didn't smile often, but he was starting to smile more around her. She hoped and prayed that he didn't think she wanted him to change the way he was. Jo liked the fact that he was stern, blunt, and  sometimes bossy. Because that meant that when he was alone with her he was softer toward her.

"Do tell me, where do you plan on kidnapping me to?" She asked with a grin and led him to a garage door at the other end of the room. It rose with a loud humming/grinding noise and clicked to a stop. The night air rushed in around them as Jo laced her fingers between Leon's. With her grin still in place, she sauntered out into the open night air and knit her eyebrows together. "Well, little lion?"