"Ha! Maybe I should send the guys to check out your class sometimes," Kathy said with a laugh. "They need to learn to cook, lest they be doomed to a life of takeout any time I decide I don't feel like it."

Not that Dante, lover of pizza, would have a problem with that.

"And I'm so glad you'll be in my class! Glad to have a friendly face." It might make her feel less nervous on Thursday.