The ring had been acquired, which was one thing marked off of the list. Something Melody had said in their last lengthy conversation had stayed with him, however, and he'd been turning it over in his head ever since. They needed to be able to have conversations together by the time they went back home — but more than that, they needed to seem as though they'd been off enjoying a blissful honeymoon for several weeks. They needed to give off the impression not only that they could hold conversations, but that they had been doing very little else with their time since they'd been away. As it stood now, Ben wasn't even entirely confident he knew how many sisters she had. He certainly couldn't have named any of her friends.

He needed to learn some things about her life, but the idea of just casually striking up a conversation when they were still barely talking to each other was just painful. He'd turned the idea over in his mind to try and find an alternative solution that would give them, at the least, a bit of structure so that they didn't have to just get through this whole thing on their own. He thought he'd come up with something, though it had taken him a few days to find the necessary tools, specifically in English. Melody probably spoke French, but although Ben had picked up a bit of it again since being here, he didn't really trust his reading skills.

He had found the deck of cards on his way home that afternoon, and he placed it on the table, along with a bag of food from the nearest cafe, as he returned to the small room. "I bought something for tonight, if you're up for it. It's, ah — to help with the whole acting thing, once we get back."