"You'll be drinking latte before you know it." He stood and leaned against her bed so he could be closer to her. It was hard to tell how far he could push any intimacy and it really wasn't the time to discuss it.

Or maybe it was. He really had no idea. So he prodded at the edges.

"When will they release you?" While the nurses liked him, they, of course, did not discuss her with him, other than the stuff they could mention.