Pizza Stroll III:

"It's not a happy story, are you sure you wanna hear it today?" Raphael asks, looking up and down the street for traffic before stepping through the crosswalk.

"I'm not... It's the kind of thing you should know, given how much I've learned about you in the past week. But there's no reason to rush things, right?"

Raphael tilts his head to the side and smirks before looking into Stella's eyes. "How many secrets do I owe you? I feel like we're not keeping even. Put's me at an unfair advantage." He says, growing mischievous. He leans over and plants a kiss on her lips. "and you need all the help you can get." He says laughing.