"I've missed you quite terribly." She says when she thinks he is asleep.
He nods. "I think I have too." He answers.
She is silent for a moment, and then she laughs. "You think?"
He nods, looking serious. "Yes, I think so. Then again, it may just have been heartburn. Lately my cook has been cooking a lot of spicy food."
She laughed even more. It made him feel strange – to have made someone laugh.
"If it'll bring you back to me I'll tell your cook to make really spicy food all the time."