I'm not actually sure whether it would be a good thing or a bad thing for Jonathan to take over. If he has the right ideas, it might be good. And if he is serious about me co-leading the pack, it might mean that I can make sure he has those right ideas. The only thing to do, I think, is to talk to him and see where he stands.

“I did not expect you would be the one to call me for a date,” he says. I can hear his smirk over the phone.

“I'm not calling you for a ...