There's a moment of awkward silence that Spencer doesn't pick up on right away because he's busy getting into the box of goodies Emily's brought for him. He's nearly brought one to his lips when he realizes she's stopped short and his eyes widen to a near-comical size when he figures out why. "No! I-- No, that's not what--"

He can't stop stammering and his face feels like it's on fire as he scrambles to find the rights words. He doesn't think she'd judge him for it either way but he's only just becoming comfortable with her as a... well, a friend, and he's not even sure he'd tell his established friends about it even if he and Joel had actually--

"We held hands," he says quickly, as if that explains everything. "That's all. We held hands and we walked." He stuffs the pastry he's still holding in his mouth to keep himself from saying anything else.