Melin! She was crying....
Panic. That was his first reaction. Vickers' lips wavered between saying something and just keeping silent as he watched Louisa dissolve into tears yet again. What did he say? Sure he knew the
words he said but reducing the red-head to tears on his words wasnt what he was expecting. Then again.... he really wasnt expecting anything after having opened his heart the way he did.
But still she was crying....
He dug into his pockets and took out a folded scarf-- something he thought would protect himself in case it got unexpectedly chilly. Well now it has a more altruistic purpose.
Gingerly he neared her and patted away her tears from her glistening cheeks before offering her to take the scarf. She was smiling now, which had the corner of his lips tugging upward. Did she know how lovely she was when she smiles?
Like a rainbow after the rain...
Then she started to speak
'...the most genuinely touching speech I've ever heard in my life'. That was probably the best compliment he has ever heard in
his life-- academic accolades included. She kept on and he can feel himself getting flustered yet again.
She's like a kindred spirit. Maybe Elijah wasnt so far off about saying Louisa being a female version of him.
She always saw him as a
friend..... he knew about that, he said that himself earlier-- yet when he hears the words from someone else it always stung. Why? Maybe because he knew thats what he always comes across as-- the Nice Guy. The Reliable Buddy. Not the Dashing Hero that captures everyone's imagination....
But now she spoke of her flaws. And he found himself leaning closer to her, taking both of their hands together. He nodded his head, he knew of some of those firsthand, but there was an honesty to all this admission that he valued so much, no words can ever adequately express.
"And I do want to get to know you better." he nodded earnestly. He opens his lips to say something, then clamps it shut. He wavers a few more times, suddenly feeling himself breaking into a sweat. What the heck has got him so nervous all of a sudden?
'I don't want to let you slip by..... And I don't want to just hang around you.'
Well what are you waiting for??
"Louisa, d-do you....." want to go on a date with me?. Come on say it! Eight words, one syllable each. How hard can it be?
Deep breath here we go....
"......Louisa, do you want to go steady with me? "
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Wait that sounded a little different....