"I mean, I appreciate the invite, but I have a lot of important getting shot at to be done that week, if Mical's to be believed," Atton said. "Ah, school trips, I miss being able to say I had important teachering to do."

Or, you know, he didn't want to run the risk of Sia hearing radio and getting hurt. But he didn't think he and Jack were on 'so I'm a colossal screw-up who wrecked the best thing that could've happened to me because I'm too messed up to deal with the idea' sharing terms yet.

... but that wasn't something she should take personally, as he wasn't on those kinds of sharing terms with anybody and had no plans to be.