Was there a faux pas related to offering his hand? She didn't know what it might be, but then, it didn't even occur to her that he would. She wasn't unfamiliar with why he might, but those reasons mostly kept to the sorts of fanciful dates this certainly wasn't.

If she'd thought about the need for faster travel, she would have chosen something other than a dress. But rushing wasn't really what a person was meant to do on a date.

She hesitated a moment, blinking and attempting to decide. She knew nothing of his tastes or allergies. Sweets and ramen both seemed like poof choices, though. Neither allowed the presumed privacy of a date. "...Barbecue seems like an appropriate lunch."