Shelly had not expected Fergus to be so accepting. She was surprised, but she was not going to immediately decide to be with him because of this.

Although they were from the same hometown, this was only their second time meeting so rushing to date seemed like too hasty a move.

"Fergus, thank you for saying that. We've only just met, and we still don't know each other very well," Shelly said. "Besides, you don't look that old to me!"

"I'm twenty-seven this year, can't you tell?" Fergus could s