Stephen just shrugged at her. "I don't know, Padma. It took a lot for me to say it, it really did. And I just... if I had waited to find you and had you in front of me... I'm not sure if it would have gotten said. I would have talked myself out of it by then. I would have told myself 'we're only friends, don't mess things up'" He sighed, and crossed his arms over his chest.