Lois simply nodded again, continuing to nurse her coffee. "Break-ups are--"

Stopping abruptly, she bit her lip. "Yeah, well, self-explanatory. Even if you can manage the friends thing well, which happens. Anyway."

Knowing that any which way she cut it she was going to get awkward sooner rather than later, Lois just gave up trying to be smooth. "How's it been on you?"