"Is it naive to think they could at least get better?"

There are too many 'befores' to choose from, really. Their friendship - relationship - has taken enough uptilts and downturns to please a hardened rollercoaster enthusiast. Somehow he misses the bickering and betrayal when he looks back over it (or feels oddly fond in recollection - he misses it).

"Or is this it? We're stuck barely speaking until a curse forces us to make-out?"