"It's settled then. Get ready for forever. Taking off right now." Oliver agreed with a small smile and leaned forward to kiss Alicia. It never occurred to him that he made the rest of their lives sound like a long-distance ride on a broomstick.
As it was, Andrew Wood arrived exactly that moment and stopped abruptly upon seeing that look on his son's face as he looked at Alicia. The elder Wood had no clue what those two might be talking about but suddenly he had a little hope for the future again. It was about time his boy grew up, he thought with a small, satisfied smile and turned around again, determined to give them another moment of privacy. And to tell Moira. She liked being informed.