"You can invite me over to cause a little ruckus on those quiet nights, you know," she smiled at him as he tucked her hair. It was soft and intimate... was he sure that he was purely platonic?

Nah... there was that other woman he held a torch for. But it must be awfully lonely - and it didn't have to be, while he waited.

"We can chat the night away or pick up a movie. It does get too quiet and monotonous otherwise."