It took a little doing, and a trade with someone else on the flight, but I ended up sitting next to Kylie. It wasn’t much, but it was a start.

The flight was delayed for twenty minutes, but I didn’t care. I don’t think she did either. We just sat on the plane and talked about nothing important. I forgot how wonderful it is to talk to a girl about nothing important. Sometimes, they’re the most important discussions you can ever have.

The plane has finally taken off, ...