Oh, bb, that sucks like a vacuum about your bubble-friend situation! *hugs*

And as for that snippet! *squees in delight and clutches snippet*

I <3 your use of the double negative here (combo of "not" and "didn't"): That was not the smile of someone who didn’t want to spend the rest of their life with you. And the reference to Ray's thing for Steve McQueen -- yaaasss!