"If we're friends, I have what I'm comfortable with right now," Natalie replied. "It's a scale where 'all' is a proper relationship, the middle part is long-distance, and 'nothing' is friendship. Your scale is different."

His was more like relationship - friendship – actual nothing, and yes, she'd just thought that out. A little bit of alcohol in her system didn't stop her analytical brain.

She sighed. "But, whatever. It's incompatible. That's the whole problem."