Then ask me out already... ask me to go steady, to be your girl. I want to be the only one in your life. Period, and I want all the labels. I've never had them.

[she laughs as she spells it out for him. Only for him would she ever do such a thing. He should know being as old fashioned as he is what it means to have a girl, but she'll give him pause for missing half his life.

tipping her head, she casts her eye at the blossom behind her ear. He sure is sweet, 100% candy. All that she's ever wanted.]

I'll try to give myself more credit, because you see so much in me.