Rufus is all set to pick up the pieces if needs be, but he still wants his friends to have what he and Jiya have if possible. He has seen Wyatt's face surprised by love for her and he has seen Lucy's too, radiant. In the middle of history, in the middle of some of the worst times ever.

It doesn't happen at a convenient time because life is nothing like the stories. Not even for them who travel to the foreign country known as the past. It takes them both by surprise. But is it that surprising? Have they not been gravitating towards each other since the Hindenburg?