"You weren't making plans on Thursday with him, right?" Ken asks you. You sigh as you listen to him go on yet another ramble about why you should be dating him and not Ken #2 (which, you were dating him, so what was the point of these rambles?). "Because we have a date on Thursday, and-"

"Ken," you say, cutting him off. "He was asking how my mom and dad are doing."

Ken had always been "protecting" you from other guys. Though, you didn't see a need for protection in this situation.