Laz could feel this girl in the same way that he knew she could feel him. He didn't know what it was, but it was there. Laz didn't realize it with Joey until Joey came home and was in a somewhat close proximity to him.
At the time, he thought it was his imagination or just the signal of danger because of the situation. Now, he knew he was wrong.
Although the smile lasted for only a minute, Laz understood that there was something inside of both of them that alerted them of each other. If Laz hadn't encountered Joey first, he might have thought it was love at first or something foolish like that.
Although they only interacted for a brief minute, Tommy seemed to have caught this momentary exchange. Despite it being only a smile, he suddenly felt angry. 'Who was this kid to try to take what I decided on,' he thought to himself.
