[It works for them--sort of. At least neither one has ever had any complaints about it.]

I believe that, at that time, it was an adequate description.

[He could take most of the credit, or blame, for the change but she was obviously not the same girl she'd been so long ago. Not that she minds as much as she might have.]

I had a good reason to get stronger, though. Something worth the effort. [Funny how, right now, she feels more like that girl than she has in years.] I wouldn't have found that without you.