In the limo, Ashley asked, still looking bewildered, "Did all that really just happen?"

I laughed. "Pretty surreal."

Ashley hugged the bag holding her new shoes as she nodded, "And I got new shoes."

I laughed, "I'm not sure which made you happier: meeting Governor Greene, or meeting her shoe closet."

"Is it bad that I can't choose one over the other?" Ashley replied with her trademark cute smile.

"You're a very bad feminist," I teased.

"But you love the materialistic me anyway," she smiled, leaning in and kissing me.

When we broke the kiss a minute later, I nodded, looking into her eyes, and responded seriously, "Yes Ashley, I...