“You two seem to be getting along really well”. She grinned passing me a mug of tea.

We were out the back sitting on the decking. The rain had stopped, the air mild and fresh.

“We are”. I smiled. “It feels different”.

“In a good way?”.

“I didn’t realise how much I needed him”.

“Until he left?”.

“Yeah, I thought because we didn’t mate the feelings would just go away”.

“Doesn’t work like that”. She smiled. “Can I be honest with you?”.

I gave her a ...