[Her hands slide along his arms, up and down, bringing the water with it so that it trickles over his skin, the sound of it filling the silence that she lets follow.]

Today? You mean the skating and the pool?

[There's surprise edging her voice—]

This is something you would have done any other day. You would have dragged me out to do it.

[—before it quiets again.]

I was shocked when I'd heard of them and hadn't received a hundred messages from you before you knocked on my door.