Full to bursting with more emotions than she can begin to even sort out, much less name, she very gently sets the flowers down on the edge of the fountain, between their bags. She wants her arms free.
Once they are, she'll close some of the distance between them, hands settling lightly on his arms -- though they flutter a bit, unsteady, like she isn't sure where she wants to put them. It's a little reminiscent of that day on the bridge...
It's not a comparison she minds.
Her eyes search her face for a breathless, endless moment, as she makes the snap decision whether or not to tell him everything. He got her flowers on Valentine's Day -- beautiful, sweet blue flowers, more perfect than she could have dreamed of. How does he keep doing that? Giving her, being, exactly what she wants?
There's something that compels her on -- something she can't name. Had she intended to do it exactly like this all along? ... does it matter? ]
Luke, I ... I like you. [ the words come out in a rush. ] ... as more than a friend.
[Action]
It's real.
Full to bursting with more emotions than she can begin to even sort out, much less name, she very gently sets the flowers down on the edge of the fountain, between their bags. She wants her arms free.
Once they are, she'll close some of the distance between them, hands settling lightly on his arms -- though they flutter a bit, unsteady, like she isn't sure where she wants to put them. It's a little reminiscent of that day on the bridge...
It's not a comparison she minds.
Her eyes search her face for a breathless, endless moment, as she makes the snap decision whether or not to tell him everything. He got her flowers on Valentine's Day -- beautiful, sweet blue flowers, more perfect than she could have dreamed of. How does he keep doing that? Giving her, being, exactly what she wants?
There's something that compels her on -- something she can't name. Had she intended to do it exactly like this all along? ... does it matter? ]
Luke, I ... I like you. [ the words come out in a rush. ] ... as more than a friend.