"I'm sorry I just..." she bit her lower lip, trying to stop it from quivering slightly as she looked away from him, ashamed at herself for letting her weakest thoughts slip out of her lips. "I'm just tired, Ernie. I don't know how to believe in myself anymore," she admitted, shrugging. After all, she'd been through a lot the last several years. Her parents dying, the quarantine, losing her magic, being attacked, being dumped, being dumped again. She was just... annoyed with it all. What was the point. But then... he was right. She had him... She always had.
After she pulled away, Ellie blushed deeply, knowing she probably shouldn't have done that, but not finding it in herself to care. "I don't know what it was for. Because I wanted to?" she said, looking up at him, part of her wanting to do it again. "I thought it would feel nice. I wasn't disappointed."