"I know that we're still young!" Stacey cried. "And I don't need to be married right now, but I'd like to know that we're working towards something! I don't want to just be...stagnant!"
She didn't know how to express herself well, despite the months of thinking about this very topic. Stacey wanted everything fixed and settled, but the look on Sam's face when he'd said "marriage" had been so surprised that Stacey didn't know how to feel. Why was he surprised after all the years they'd been together?