Common dates in romance movies:Seats in a box at the opera or balletWalking around a beautiful foreign cityNight-time picnics in empty parksFinding some gorgeous abandoned house that the boy fills with candlesCommon dates in real life:Nando's...

The only love affair I needed to invest in right now was one with myself. Spend some time with me. Figuring out myself and why I picked the relationships I did. I was holding out my heart to me. Because I'd realised I was the only person who could give me a happily-ever-after.

What was the point? What is the point in love, and promises of it, when it can just jump from one person to another like that?

I bit my lip. "I just think they're dangerous, that's all.""Dangerous? Like antibiotic resistance? And...umm... SHARKS?"I kicked him softly. "You know what I mean, I think they're dangerous for, like, society.