Back in Hera's room the couple, while not sitting on the same sofa are at least not yelling at each other. "What did you want to tell me? I didn't even know you knew where my rooms were." Hera asks in a harsh tone.
"You really have no idea, do you? I've stood outside this door so many nights wanting to knock on the door and talk to you and somehow I never found the courage to do that. It sounds foolish when I say it, but it's the truth. I was watching Hades and Persephone together tonight and remembering when we were like that together. I miss how we used to be with each other. Whatever happened between us that changed things so much?" Zeus asks.
"We both cheated and that broke the trust and we never really did talk things through enough to get back to the way we were." Hera says plainly.
"I've missed you, you know. It's not just the physical side of things, either. I miss being able to talk difficult issues through with you and have someone close to me who knows how difficult the job is. I just want to get back to the way things were somehow. I swear I'll give up cheating if we can just work on being a couple again. You don't have to move back into the suite right away, but I'll leave it open as an option." Zeus leans his head in his hands and tears begin to drip down his face.
"I didn't think you wanted me. I thought you'd given up on us. That's the only reason I ever moved out was to give you some space. I miss being able to tease you. I miss feeling useful. You used to talk to me about everything and I felt as if I could lift your burden. Now, I feel useless and old and ugly." Hera begins to cry, but tries not to let Zeus see it.
Zeus is astute, however, and he notices Hera's tears. He stands up and goes and sits on the same sofa as Hera. "I do want you and I only gave up because I felt as if you had given up on us. I miss being able to tease you. I miss knowing everything about you. I miss feeling as if you can tell me anything. I miss being able to talk to you. Even when things were going badly we could always talk. You are not useless and you are certainly not old. You are a stunning woman and that little sashay across the floor to your place at the dinner table certainly reiterated that to me and everyone else. I love you Hera. I have never stopped loving you. I have no expectations except this: that this relationship will improve with care from both of us." Zeus pulls out a handkerchief and wipes Hera's eyes gently.
"I love you too. Please, stay with me tonight. I don't want you here to make love to me, just to hold me as we used to. It's going to take a while for me to believe all this is possible." Hera whispers as she buries her head in Zeus' chest.
"There is nowhere else I would rather be than in your arms. It's where we both belong. I couldn't ask for anything more to have come out of tonight than this." Zeus sighs happily before he and Hera slide into bed.