"Precisely that, actually," she says with a grin. "No longer needing to sign in and out with somebody every time I leave or come back, or call to check in if I'm staying the night somewhere else. Well, other than letting Neil know since he'll be my flatmate, but that's different." Though she doesn't say it, Rosie almost suspects it may be Neil who'll be texting most often to say he'll be out of the apartment of an evening.

She pauses then, taking another sip of her drink. "It's silly, but...having someplace that's mine again, too. A room, rather than just a bed and a chest and a portion of a closet."