"As far away as necessary," Jake replies somewhat nonsensically, still grinning from the slap he got. That means Cougar's in a good mood, begrudging as it may be, and that just compounds his own good mood.

He's in such a good mood, actually, that once he's pinned up his half of the sheet and he's pretty sure it won't fall into the dirt below, he reaches out to grab Cougar's hips and tugs him away from the line, crowding up against his back so he can force Cougar to dance along with him. Jake's idea of dancing is more or less swaying sort of in place, but it's the thought that counts, right?