"Why not?"
"Because I can't!"
"But why?" He asks because he can't stop himself even though he knows he'll just get the same answer he's gotten a dozen other times.
She's crying now, "Because I'm scared."
Her words surprise him and he can't stop himself from exclaiming, "Oh, in the name of love!"
Oops; damn those Freudian slips.
He almost makes his excuses and leaves the room as he has too many times before when it occurs to him that he's already gone this far; he should at least complete the thought for her to hear out loud.
He moves swiftly towards her and grabs her chin, forcing her to look at him, before she even has a chance to react.
"I love you." He says, looking into her misty blue eyes then moves away like a coward, knowing that he's gone too far.
He stands still as she rises and comes towards him. He braces himself; expecting to feel the sting of her palm on his cheek but is again taken aback when he instead feels something infinitely sweeter.