Claire had always naturally been on the skinnier side. She never really had to work out a whole ton to keep her weight on the lower side. But she did also eat pretty healthily.

But she was getting older now and her metabolism was dropping. And really, she shouldn't be worrying about it. She wasn't gaining tens of pounds, especially with the amount of physical work she did. But she did notice a bit more... Pudge, on her stomach.

You, her partner, hadn't really brought it up. And she guessed she took that in a bad way. Were you just ignoring it because you didn't like it? Or were you eventually going to tell her she had to work it off?

One night, while you two were laid in bed, she was up, thinking about it. Eventually, she huffed and reached over to shake you awake. She had to know what you thought and she had to know now.