He has a good point as far as the pie; those are never particularly great for picnics. Cookies or scones should be good though. Oooh, or maybe lemon bars!

I brighten a little as he keeps talking, nodding. "I'd love to!" I tell him before taking another sip of my tea. "I'll warn you though - I'm not a particularly great cook. I'm much better at baking. But I'll absolutely show you a few tricks I've picked up from watching Derek. And I promise your picnic will have no weird, murderous sisters in attendance."

I'm dying to ask him more about that, if I'm honest. But it still feels a little presumptuous.