[Spike blinks, and then rapidly starts waving his arms]

No no, that's not it at all! I mean, of course I'll still be your friend! I just meant that I uh don't want you to be lonely or anything before your friends arrive and if you need help or anything then Spike the dragon is here, and I'd still like to be your friend after your friends arrive too...

[He's babbling, trying to explain.]