"Oh Justin, you say the sweetest things. Go on," Susan said with a broad smile. "You know I'm only joking when I say things like that though. I'd sleep with you no sooner than sleeping with my brother," she said, hugging him and making a face into his shoulder.
She leant back and looked at him seriously. "Darling, sometimes you just have to leap into the unknown." She chose not to think about the fact that she was also scared of doing that, and focused instead on ruffling his hair.