He was walking into the room quickly enough to see her long before she spoke, and he smiled. But he did pick up on the strangeness of her tone, and couldn't miss how intently she was staring at the floor. Something wasn't right, and the spring in his step vanished as he walked the last few steps to the couch. He sat down next to her, and wasted no time getting to the obvious question.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"