Roxanna felt comfortable with his arms around her, and she made a small, happy noise in the back of her throat. She looked up at him as he started to speak, and felt her heart stutter in her chest when he told her he loved her. She was silent for several long moments, before she replied.
"For me, love has always been a word that either meant too much, or nothing at all," she said. "I never believed anyone loved me until I was 14. My parents adopted me, and it took me a while to really believe them. The next person was Jamie. All in all, there about a half dozen people that I believe really love me, and that won't let me down, and that I actually love back. And now, I...I feel counting you among that number, because I can say that I love you too, and saying that to someone doesn't scare me the way it used to."