Ariel paused as Eric questioned her comment about giving up her voice willingly. She should have known that would open it up to more questions. Questions that could possibly tell him more than she was ready for him to know. "Because it was my only chance of meeting you," she said finally. She knew that would likely raise more questions, but it was the truth. She'd given up her voice so that Aunt Ursela would turn her into a human and she could find Eric.
"You sang wonderfully," she told him, open admiration on her face. When he said he'd like to dance with her, she smiled and flushed slightly. "I would like that too," she told him. Hearing his comment that it seemed everything worked out in the end, she nodded, her smile turning from the slightly embarrassed one to a warm one. "Yes, it did," she answered him.