This is all a lot to take at once. Reid is a bit of a skittish animal about making friends, let alone having a love life, and he stops short in the hall and raises his hands palm-out in the universal defensive gesture.

"Whoa, okay. You're not hogging me, I'm perfectly happy the way things are." He sounds openly skeptical and even a little disgruntled to be pressured out of his comfort zone. It's true; Spencer hadn't thought he'd make such a good friend, definitely this fast, the way he has with Lydia to start with. He thinks things are moving plenty quickly. "Why are you so invested in this? Don't try to tell me you need the support. You have more than adequate interpersonal confidence."

What does it matter to her if he's a shut-in or out dating people? It's not like he doesn't socialize. He just talked to his students for seventeen minutes!