There's something about Glinda that just...feels good to be around. Maybe it's her beautiful smile or the way that she seems to radiate goodness from her every pore in spite of the fact that she's no longer fooling Derek with the Everything Is Perfect act she puts on. Maybe it's the way that she can put on that sort of a facade and it's hard to discern until you've spent significant time with her up close like this. Derek hadn't ever been able to hide that sort of thing. Whatever it is, it's nice and the more time he can spend with her, the better, in his opinion.

Giving her a little facial shrug that turns into a smile, his shoulders move into a shrug as well. "I don't know, I thought maybe if you didn't have anything else going on, we could go out."

For a moment, he almost says "hang out" but decides at the last minute that that sounds entirely platonic in the context of the conversation and he doesn't want to make her think that it has to be that way when it doesn't. He'd be happy with that, too, of course, but he's mostly looking for a chance to explore whatever...this...could be. They may or may not be able to go any further than being friends who've shared some kisses and dances, but it's worth looking at a little, at least, isn't it?