The man scratched the back of his head with his free in reaction to the greeting of Henri, as he felt Adelaide lightly squeezing the one holding hers. "Just William? No mister or anything? That doesn't seem fair." The Englishman said in an irritated voice before giving the owner of the coffee shop a smile. "It's always good to see you, Henri."<br/><br/>The couple sat on their table, the same as they had been using for over a year, the place where they actually met each other. That one drink they shared after the brief interview managed to create a link between them which eventually became a relationship, something that William didn't believe he would be able to get again. At firstborn of them had doubts, but they found out that what was keeping them apart was what made their bond even stronger: both of them had lost who they believed was the love of their life. Adelaide lost Louis, and William had lost Jeanne. It was the understanding of each other's feelings about that that actually made a relationship possible.<br/><br/>While William still believed that Jeanne was actually irreplaceable, he had found happiness with Adelaide, a sense of fulfilment he had lost years ago with that train accident. They both were working jobs that paid quite nicely, so a few months ago they decided to move in together, getting a bigger place, closer to the coffee shop too, so they could spend moments reliving that afternoon when they finally found a companionship close enough to what they had lost.<br/><br/>"I'll have the usual coffee, Henri, thank you. I can't stay long, have an early shift." He said to the old man when he sat before turning back towards Adelaide. Things were doing good, a nice life with a nice woman. There was still something that they needed to clear though, something that had been in William's mind for a while. A marriage proposal. It was quite unusual for couples to bein a relationship for so long without marrying, sometimes barely any months passed, but they had been together for over a year, almost two, and even if they had been slow and careful -given their past - William thought that it was time for that new big step. Things were already in motion, actually, as he had saved for a ring, and was about to buy one soon... He just needed to think of how to ask.<br/><br/>Henri was cheery as usual when preparing their order. It seemed that a smile always appeared on the old man's face saw them together, and he usually commented about how he matched them together... Which might have a bit of truth, as he was the one who convinced William to get closer to Adelaide. 'I saw a spark between you too.' He said the day following the interview, and practically asked about it everytime William appeared at the shop, until one day he brought Adelaide with him. Since that moment, Henri always seemed in a good mood, and even offered to treat them for some of their drinks, just because of how much time they spent there, even if all the time the couple ended up paying anyway.<br/><br/>"Do you want me to go pick you after work? They told me about a new restaurant nearby, maybe we could give it a try." The Englishman said, shifting his gaze towards his wristwatch for a second to make sure he wasn't going to be late before looking up towards Adelaide. Trying a new place from time to time was something they used to do quite often. "Antoine said it was a great place, he went there with his wife a couple of days ago."