Helpful Friends

When they were five years old they helped each other learn the difference between boys and girls.

When they were fifteen years old they helped each other work out who was interested.

When they were twenty-five years old they helped each other move into their partners' apartments.

When they were thirty-five years old they helped each other get over their respective breakups.

When they were forty-five years old they helped each other realise that they loved each other.

When they were fifty-five years old they'd long ago realised they'd just been scared of being alone.

The false marriage helped that.