"I let your family and your bitch have you for your actual birthday but today we're playing hooky," He says with affection, his expression already brightened by the very notion though he anticipated that Asher might have some protests on that given his new commitments to being responsible which is why he counters them before they materialize. "I already ran it by Si so don't worry 'bout that. He's going to pay you for the hours anyway, consider it a birthday gift from him that was only part motivated by wanting me to put in a good word for him with my cousin."