The silence hung between us and I pondered what I could possibly say to end this awkward exchange.

"Um... Erin... I'm going to throw something out there once and I don't want to weird you out... If you say no then I'll leave it at that and we can never speak of this again."

I nodded for her to go on, wondering what on earth she was talking about.

"Well... Um to be honest I'm pretty hard up for it myself and while I've had a few chances to sneak some alone time when you've been out, it's definitely not as much as I'd like... So seeing as we're going...