"I can't believe I almost went..." It seemed like forever ago, days of uncertainty and almost panic on her part, and then his willingness to listen, to consider, to forgive.
"I want this to work," she added, and her nose touched his. Closer. "And I know it will. You... You make me not so scared." Mandy reached up and touched his cheek, wishing he'd just kiss her, kiss her already...
But she knew why he didn't. Even now, warm and content, arms around each other, he wouldn't, because she'd been afraid, been uncertain. He wouldn't push her, not ever, she knew. It was up to her, and she smiled faintly, leaning up just enough to meet his lips in the softest of kisses.