Complicated Conversations

Emanuele stops eating at the same instant. She stares at him silently, pondering whether she should expose her thoughts at that instant, or wait a while and filter her words better.

Johnny doesn't seem shaken by her reaction. On the contrary, the man raises one of his eyebrows and opens an inviting smile.

She responds slowly:

"Well... Maybe. Relationships can have very good moments... But they also have very bad moments."

"You're right." He takes a sip of his juice and continues eating his omelets. "Do you think, in our case, we would have more good moments than bad?"

Emanuele's cheeks are so hot she could fry eggs on them. She wriggles in her chair, feeling somewhat uncomfortable, and looks at the kitchen walls.

"It's hard to tell."

"Really? I don't think so. I think we'd be fine almost a hundred percent of the time."

She finally looks into his eyes as she asks:

"Why did this typical one come up so suddenly?"

Johnny ponders the question, scratches his chin and then contemplates Emanu