"We try."

He starts driving and eventually addresses Lydia since Matt and Juliet are unavailable.

"Do you know what time you're likely to finish up? Wondering if I should stick around."

“We have an even number of players. Maybe some other time.”

“We can text you half an hour before we’re done, right, Juliet?”

Juliet is occupied.

"I'll give you my number, Scott, we shouldn't rely on Juliet for this. She has terrible time management."

Juliet declines to comment.

“Okay. Thanks. I’ll let you know.”

Bowling!

Bowling. He can stop kissing Juliet for this.

Juliet will make the effort too.

Meanwhile, Zach is anxiously preparing food and waiting for his date. Date. Yup. That's happening.

At the agreed upon time, his date arrives. 

He lets her into the house, kind of flustered.

"Um, welcome. Dinner is nearly ready and wow that's such a cliche thing to say," He laughs, "But, do you drink?"

"You can get away with a lot. It's been so long since I did this that I don't even remember what all the cliches are."

"We can work it out together. Maybe find something original in there."

"Maybe! Let's see what you've got so far."

She sits.

He continues preparing dinner.

"So Scott and Juliet are off doing a thing together. Bowling. I should have expected that really, she's always been so- whatever this is," he laughs.

"I'm not surprised they're getting along already. She reminds me of Stiles. Stilinski, his best friend, the Sheriff's kid. The same nervous energy hiding a massive ego."

"I know Noah, we went to school together. I haven't met Stiles. But that- is a very apt description of my Juliet. I'm afraid Damon's influence while raising her was... a lot. She has a lot to deal with though, so anything that isn't-" he pauses, "Sorry- probably a bit too deep there, I'm rambling."

"It's fine. If we didn't talk about our kids, there'd probably be something wrong with us. Single parents, you know? Let's just agree not to bring it up again."

He smiles at her.

"You work at the hospital. How do you like it there?"

"It's good work. I'm helping people and purring food on the table. What about you?"

"Salvatore's have a lot of fingers in a lot of pies, my grandfathers doing. I try to keep it all orderly. Takes me all over, but I try to keep at home as much as possible."

He offers her a drink.

"Just water, thanks. I don't think I know a lot about your family. Are you tired of talking about them by now?"

He gets her water.

"I don't mind. Salvatores have a long history, can get kind of boring. What do you know already?"

"Not a lot, but I can take just the Cliff Notes."