"It is," she agreed. "I didn't think I'd like cold pizza, but it's not bad at all for a quick breakfast." Not that she'd eat it regularly, but on occasion it was all right.

"The flowers," she said with a smile. "I'm not sure what got into them today, but I thought I was going to have to break up a brawl with all the noise they were making, but they quieted down as soon as I came over."