But instead of continuing to plan the perfect date, he had to think about how to approach an extended leave right as she was warming up to him. He was only joking a little when he said he might have been gone too long already. He grabbed a fresh coffee and some blueberry scones before heading back up to the apartment. If she was still sleeping, the coffee he’d left her this morning would be long past cold. And if she had woken up and immediately left, well at least he had a hot coffee. 