The kiss was amazingly sweet and unexpected. His words, however, were even more so. She worked hard to keep the love-sick little puppy living inside of her locked away. "You don't?" she asked him softly. "She sounded really angry..." But she could hear in his voice that he was being honest.
"Better? There's a lot about my family that you're not aware of, C- just- well, if Bill told you that he didn't agree with this would you change your mind?" she asked before deciding it was a bad question. "Nevermind, don't answer that for my sake. Connor is- he's been disappointed in me for a long time, this is nothing new." That was about as simple as she could put it.
She laughed and shook her head. "Alright, well, I'd probably never wake up with you- but- ah- 'letting you see me in the morning' how's that?" she asked, shaking her head. "I really should go brush it though.