She turned the ring on her finger back and forth, so quickly, almost matching her heartbeat, as she looked up at the sky. The whole great blanket of blackness and all those bright darts of light, like for one moment, this moment, they might be shining just for her. The running footsteps had her turn, the smile she hadn't been able to stop widening, as she looked down blushing almost instantly.

With a wavered gesture to her clothes and just being there, after saying no, and sending him away so many times. "You sound surprised."

When she looked up, he still hadn't come any closer than where he'd stopped. At the edge of the trees, before the rocks. There was no pride, no triumph in his tone. Her heart gave its first uncertain waffle. "In fact, you almost sound a bit disappointed?"