"Ooh. I have somethin' to look forward to, then." Just doing what they were doing sounded fantastic. That was all that she really wanted at the moment anyway. It was all she'd wanted for the last year, at least. That was kind of scary, now that she thought about it. They'd fallen in to a rhythm so effortlessly that she hadn't even noticed. That wasn't saying that whatever they were doing was always easy. Because it wasn't. They fought, often, with plenty of raised voices and door slamming. But they always got over it, which was the hardest part.
When she pulled back, she linked her fingers through his and started off down the beach again. "So, detective, if I like you, and you like me, does that make this our first official date?"