Jude smiled, first to himself before he looked over at Reecy fondly. "Can always rely on you to give me a kick up the ass when I need it. Seriously, though, I didn't think about it like that. I didn't mind at all how drunk he got on the date. It was adorable, even if I'm sure he thinks it was all just him being unfabulous and embarrassing. It really wasn't. He just went from tipsy to pukey really quickly, like his body was just all, 'Right, that's enough of that silly nonsense'. Plus, we were mixing drinks, which is kryptonite to the best of us. I was hungover in the morning too. It was amazing, though, Reec. Despite that minor glitch, it was incredible and I had zero expectations of it just going so well. I didn't expect it to go bad or anything, I just didn't want to preconceive anything, knowing there was a history we had to work through and figure out if that was something we could leave in the past. Even then, we did talk about all that sort of stuff and even some about the future, but it didn't feel hard or strained at all. Maybe I'm just a bit scared to really let myself hope. Does that make sense? I mean, Renz said something like, maybe Winston and I were always meant to be, it was just timing that was out of whack. Until now. It's nice to think about I don't know. That kind of stuff always seems to be what happens to other people, not me. Seriously, this isn't a pity party or anything. We just need more time alone together to keep figuring things out. We haven't had much, even if he was staying at my place the few days before we left. I was working and he was getting some work things finalised for submission before we could fly out."

He laughed because he knew if Reecy thought she could get away with milking him for details, she would keep digging but she always respected the BFF Code. "You don't need to stress. It's a big deal but it's not bad news or anything. Things he really needs to talk to you about anyway, so leave the ball in his court. But what about you guys? You and Kyan? I don't really know the full story how you guys finally realised you were soulmates and right there under each other's noses too. I think people have been worried it would hurt me to hear about but not at all. I'd love to know that, what - Keecy, Ryan - origin story. All I know was it happened when you guys went on a press tour together when Justin couldn't. And knowing Kyan as I do, I doubt he would've made the first move knowing you were Autumn's best friend."