[The response gets a relieved little smile. At least, up until the questions start up again. Because they're questions that remind her just how little she actually knows about this kind of stuff. Her track record when it comes to dating is far from perfect. And as for the rest?

She takes a long, long sip of her coffee to fill the silence and think. It had been much easier to just jump into bed last night.]

He's patient. [Kate blinks, a little surprised by the first words to leave her mouth. If asked, she wouldn't necessarily describe her ideal guy as "patient."] I mean, he didn't ask me when I...

I froze a few times, okay? But he just whispered words of reassurance and made me feel, I don't know, like it was okay to be doing everything we did? That I shouldn't be ashamed or afraid anymore.

[In other words? He's a keeper.]