She came out, saw me on the couch and came over, sat down next to me and rested her head on my shoulder. On reflex I turned and kissed the top of her head. I didn't say anything, just waited for her to start.

"Is it possible we're both idiots?" she asked two minutes later out of the blue.

I started laughing and after a few seconds so did she. Once we stopped, she looked at me.

"When you explained to me that this wasn't a pass/fail on our relationship, that there wasn't any sinister agenda behind us coming here and you asking me to do the planning, I felt...