Lee arrived back at the flat and found Lucy still hard at work on her laptop. When she asked him how his day was he decided that he had to come clean straight away.

"It wasokay...but I have a confession to make?".

"What?", asked Lucy, sounding anxious. She noticed his nervous demeanour. "Lee, what have you done?"

Lee's words came out in one long stream, "I went round to your mum and dads, I wanted to make them see they were wrong about us, I'm sorry I couldn't help it I just found myself there and…".

Lucy's heart sank. She interrupted his flow, "oh great thanks very much Lee, how's going round and having a go at my parents going to help? They just need time to get used to the idea of us. Now they're just going to dislike you even more. Sometimes you're so stupid Lee".

"Lucy, I didn't..." Lee was about to explain that he hadn't 'had a go' at them, that he hadn't even raised his voice, but did not have the chance as Lucy ran off into their bedroom and slammed the door behind her.

Lee sat down on the sofa and put his head into his hands. He wanted to kick himself, why had he been so stupid, he should have just left things as they were. As Lucy had said, her parents probably just needed time and now there was a very good chance he had just wound them up even more. They clearly didn't believe him when he told them how he felt about Lucy. After all, Geoffrey had practically thrown him back out of the door. And now look what I've done, I've upset Lucy, as if she wasn't upset enough already, he thought to himself.

Deciding he should give her some space before he started the grovelling, he began moping around the flat, wondering what Lucy was thinking right now and how he was going to make it up to her.

After about an hour or so, Lucy still hadn't come out of the bedroom, and Lee decided he would start small, by making her a cup of tea, and found some of her favourite chocolate in the kitchen cupboard. Yes, chocolate is good, women always like chocolate when they're upset, he thought. He placed the cup and chocolate on a tray. As he walked through the living room he looked at the vase of flowers. Yes…flowers, flowers are good for apologies too, he said to himself. So he picked one out, put it into a miniature vase he found in the sideboard and added that to the tray.

When he got to the bedroom door, he put the tray down on the floor and knocked… He waited for a moment but there was no response. He knocked again, but this time spoke. "Lucy, are you okay? Can I come in?, I made you a cup of tea".

"No", was her response.

"Please, Lucy? I'm sorry".

"No, I want to be on my own", she answered. Yes, she was mad with him, but she was also upset, and didn't want him to see she had been crying. She had started to think that she may have overreacted a tiny bit but really didn't want to get into another argument so thought it was best not to see him until she had calmed down a little and composed herself.

Lee actually wanted to cry, this was the first time they had properly fallen out since they got together and he hated it. "Okay, I'll leave the tea outside the door".

On his way back into the living room he had an idea. He found a post-it-note amongst Lucy's stationary and wrote her a message on it, going back to stick it on the tray underneath the chocolate. With that he went back into the living room, he would just have to wait until she was ready to talk to him again.

When she heard Lee's footsteps going away, Lucy cautiously opened the door and saw the tray. She couldn't help but smile slightly when she saw the flower and the chocolate. She took the tray into the room and took a sip of the tea, before picking up the bar of chocolate. It was then she noticed the note, the words only just fitting on the post-it. Her eyes started welling up with tears again as she read it, "I'm an idiot. I only went to see your parents to tell them how much you mean to me. I thought it might help. I'm sorry, please forgive me. I love you xxx". Why did I have to fly off the handle before I even let him properly explain, she thought. He was only trying to help. I have to go and talk to him. She dried her tears and opened the bedroom door.

When she entered the living room Lee was sitting on the sofa with his chin resting on his hand, looking miserable. When he heard Lucy he shot up from the seat, and his heart sank when he saw her eyes were red from crying. He spoke, "Lucy, I really am sorry, I…".

She walked over to him, and interrupting, said "no, I'm sorry".

Lee's eyes brightened suddenly, he had not expected her to say that. He was even more taken aback when she proceeded to reach up and kiss him firmly on the lips. When she pulled away she continued, "you going to talk to my parents might not have been the best idea but I realise now you meant well. Actually, I think it was really brave of you considering. Sorry I acted like a drama queen. Oh, and thank you for the tea and chocolate...and for the note, that was really sweet".

Lee smiled at her words, blushing a bit when she called him brave.

"So am I forgiven then?", he asked.

Lucy nodded and kissed him again, holding on to his forearms. When they broke the kiss Lee teased, "I think I'll take that as a yes".

Lee and Lucy both sat down on the sofa and Lucy, realising she hadn't asked Lee yet what actually happened at her parents house, said "so, dare I ask how it went, talking to mum and dad?

"Lee replied, "not great, your dad wasn't even going to allow me in but your mum told him to let me speak. I mean, we didn't have a row or anything. I just told them how much I love you and that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I wanted to make them see that I've never been more serious about anyone or anything. I was only there for about a minute so I didn't get the chance to say anything else".

"Oh, so what did they say?" asked Lucy.

"Nothing, your dad just carried on looking annoyed then virtually shoved me out the door".

Lucy sighed, "oh well, at least you tried".

"I suppose, I'm sorry if I made things worse though", Lee added, putting his arm around her and briefly kissing the crown of her head.

"Lee, it really is okay, you can stop apologising now".

"Okay, sorry" Lee replied, before realising he had just said sorry again. Lucy rolled her eyes.

Lee looked at Lucy, and took hold of her hands, "please, let's not fall out again. I hated every minute of it".

"Deal", she said quietly, smiling as she brought her lips to meet his…

...

A little while later Lee and Lucy were snuggled up on the sofa. Lucy was absentmindedly stroking one of Lee's arms, which were wrapped tightly around her. She spoke, "You know in romantic comedy films there's always that really cheesy bit after the couple has an argument and they say that the great thing about falling out is the making up afterwards, well now I know what they're talking about", she grinned as Lee chuckled and nodded in agreement.

After a few moments Lee said, "I don't know about you but I'm really hungry".

"Me too", agreed Lucy and looking at the clock, saw that it was already 9.30.

"I don't feel like cooking this late though, shall we get takeaway?"

"Great idea, what do you fancy?" asked Lee.

"Pizza?" suggested Lucy.

"Oh, I was thinking Chinese", said Lee, before noticing Lucy's expression and not wanting to risk any more fall-outs tonight, quickly changed his mind, adding "on second thoughts…Pizza. Pizza sounds good to me".