Notes and Disclaimers: Okay I don't own YYH, but Autumn and everyone else is mine... NEW PROLOGUE! It's been edited and added to so this is the new one.
Prologue
He knew that she wouldn't accept the hand he offered her. But it was in his nature to be courteous and a gentleman. He trusted her as he trusted the few people only that were his closest friends, though he wanted to all the more closer to her. He had already realized that he had come to love her, but it wasn't until just now that he realized it was a lasting love, one that he wanted to build on and share with her. But her being as she was, she could never trust herself to touch people, for fear of becoming too entangled in their feelings.
But she reached out carefully, the world around them seemed to stop as her fingers gently touched his hand and then hold it firmly as he helped her to her feet. She gave him a shy smile, but a smile none the less and only for him. A smile that he would always cherish, no matter what would happen in the next moments; a smile that he only wanted her to give to him. And as she stood next to him, she didn't drop his hand, instead she threaded her fingers through his and squeezed gently. He was even more surprised at that, but only smiled back and lightly squeezed her fingers in return.