She'd thought he was going to kiss her - somewhere she still thought he might - and in response her heart was pounding in her chest, again, and blood was rushing in her ears, and she wasn't entirely sure she understood at all the words he was saying because with his hand there, and his face so close, she almost felt like she couldn't breathe.
"I... " She tried to answer, and she scolded herself for sounding ridiculous, because he probably wasn't going to, and still she sounded a little breathless when she answered, "I suppose we can't.."