"It's not that sort of conversation," Lily says.

"Look, Black, you don't have to like me. You don't have to think that I'm the right girl for James. You can lie there and radiate disapproval for the whole situation all you want.

"But you can't make me go away.

"So I just want you to know that I care about James far too much to ever ask him to pick between me and his best friend.

"And I had hoped that, despite your clearly low opinion of me, you felt that way, too."