"Surprise achieved," she chuckled softly, looping her arms around his neck and returning that kiss just as softly. "Well, don't you know just how to charm a girl?" she asked, still smiling as she pulled away from him. "It's okay, really. I understand, Elijah...you had to be there for your family." And okay, maybe Katherine wasn't the most understanding person in the world and maybe if she hadn't had her own things going on she would have had more time to be jealous, but as it were it really hadn't bothered her this time.
She shook her head, "Oh, that's nothing. I once went a whole month without your protection." she teased lightly, still smiling as she ushered him into the kitchen so she could put the flowers in some water. "And it was pretty easy to stay in one piece when I was mostly in the house anyway."