"Oh...Harry..." They weren't particularly fancy words, nor were they too simple.
So how was it that they could make her chest feel so tight, but her heart feel so free?
"I-..." It feels harder to breathe, her voice more difficult to summon from her throat. "Do you really-...? I mean, I..." Her fingers, trembling a little, reach up to touch Harry's hand pressed against her face.
"That...means so much to me. To hear you say that. Because I...I love you too, Harry."
There it was.
"And I have for some time..." What she's wanted to say for so long.
But now that she's said it, she laughs a little nervously, tucking back a few loose strands of hair. "God, Harry. I...I'm so happy." And so relieved. Though her heart seems like it could burst any second. "But...all of the sudden, I feel like I could cry a little. Isn't that just the strangest thing? Heh..."
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So how was it that they could make her chest feel so tight, but her heart feel so free?
"I-..." It feels harder to breathe, her voice more difficult to summon from her throat. "Do you really-...? I mean, I..." Her fingers, trembling a little, reach up to touch Harry's hand pressed against her face.
"That...means so much to me. To hear you say that. Because I...I love you too, Harry."
There it was.
"And I have for some time..." What she's wanted to say for so long.
But now that she's said it, she laughs a little nervously, tucking back a few loose strands of hair. "God, Harry. I...I'm so happy." And so relieved. Though her heart seems like it could burst any second. "But...all of the sudden, I feel like I could cry a little. Isn't that just the strangest thing? Heh..."