Charlie was at the airport to pick me up. We've been 'us' ever since

 Unsettlingly well. Given my dating history, this was the usual time to confirm that the object of my affections was deeply uninterested or had a partner or a court case pending against him. In my experience there weren't plenty more fish in the sea I planned it before we met, as the light at the end of the tunnel of my Masters. I was determined not to spend my well-earned holiday hoping he was still interested when I got back