"Fair enough." He says with a shrug and selects another cupcake from the tray to slide over Danny's way, making mental tally mark on the running total he'll have to donate himself later to make up for it.

Quietly, he watches the school's principal wind her way among the tables ahead of them for a moment before adding, "I wouldn't worry about it, honestly, it's probably nothing. There are several perfectly reasonable explanations for what I just mentioned."

It was just unfortunate that Alex could convince himself to believe any of them enough to. Let it go.