"Oh yeah, we all used to speculate about it when we were on Footloose together. You spend so much time observing him and watching how he does things, his natural talent becomes obvious. I mean, don't get me wrong, he works so fucking hard and he's not just out there doing from the space of talent alone but the way he interacts with music and the process of performing at such a young age, it's not something the rest of us will ever get to without years of experience under our belts. He draws on his misfiring emotions to strengthen that emotional connection with music you need to perform like that. If he wants to move into TV or movies, it's there for the taking for him. After all this, though, I'm not sure if he'll bounce back enough to want to. I guess it depends a lot on how Sash is long-term, what level of care they both need going forward. He only ever showed interest in writing music for screen, not necessarily being a screen actor. We asked him about it a lot but he leaned more to wanting to write and produce his own music first. It was something I was planning on chatting to him about when he got back from camping. He told me wanted to. Then all this happened. He might not be able to dance professionally, so his stage career will be called to question at some stage. It'll just be way too soon and need to wait. The offer was from someone who could be willing to wait s long as it takes, though. It's just timely because of his age." Reecy helped by spooning some sugar into the mugs, watching Jude make himself at home in the kitchen. So much had changed, it was surreal to be living it in the moment. "It's not about secrets. Smooshie's always knows we all chat amongst us about things he's up to. He's never minded. He's not precious like that. This had only just happened for him, so he didn't even get the chance to contemplate it much himself, let alone make any choices. Poor kid. Sash is his rock, they've carried it all together since they started dating. Smooshie will be feeling stuck on the stormy seas without a life raft. He'll always deteriorate until he has something to anchor to."

She smirked and shook her head. "Why not just share a room, though? You're already having sex and that's mostly why we share beds anyway, isn't it? Maybe it's quick but you make your own timeline. Winnie's no prude, he wouldn't see a need to have a separate room or anything. It makes sense. Things happen out of our control that leads or guides us to do stuff unconventionally. I think it's adorable as fuck. I can see how bashful you are about all this and I don't think its solely down to it being me you're talking to about it. Ky and I didn't take that long to move in together either, you know. It made sense when we wanted more time together. Life can be fucking terrible sometimes, we have to make our happiness however we choose. And you both deserve the happiness. Plus - and I'm totally biased with my matchmaking skills - I know you suit each other and are compatible. If you weren't that date wouldn't have gone as well as it did. Don't overthink it. Don't overanalyse the situation. Just try it and see how it goes. Yeah, definitely a cow's milk gal." She laughed, sliding the mugs back over the counter to him. "I absolutely had fucking deeper romantic feelings for Ky before I let myself understand I was falling for him. I was scared it would complicated our friendship or it would ruin it altogether. I was gun-shy like you are now, I didn't want it all to go wrong. I knew we were very different. But no matter how much my brain tried to play tricks on me about it all, I couldn't deny the feelings and what was happening between us. It would just been delusion and I couldn't let delusion make important decisions for me. It felt so right and comfortable, so that was new. I was used to chaos and complicated, you know? Nothing about Ky is chaos or complication. That's why he grounds me so much."