Iamisaac: Fic 4 - Elsie Oxenham Swiss Series: Karen/Rennie
Elsie Oxenham's Swiss School Karen/Rennie U 199 words
“I think it's time you said it,” Karen said quietly.
“Said it?” Rennie didn't pretend that he didn't know what Karen was talking about: there never had been any pretence between them and never would.
“Yes.”
“Don't you know?”
Karen looked at him through her thick lensed glasses. “I think I do,” she said, “but how can I be sure? It would be” - she paused for thought, then gave a brief smile - “horrid of me, as Tazy would say, to presume anything before of our friendship.”
“But...”
“Rennie, I like you too much to play around. I've never been good at that sort of thing. If you don't feel... as I feel... there will be no hard feelings between us. But – I need to know.”
“Yes.” Rennie's eyes were soft as he looked at his beloved. She was, perhaps, the only girl in the world who could honestly say in this situation she would hold no resentment if he didn't follow through on what he had always considered unspoken promises. He went down on one knee. “Karen Wilson, will you marry me?”
Her eyes behind her glasses shone with tears, but her voice was steady. “Yes, Rennie, I will.”