"You said no. I'm not going to even ask you to join me." She knew he was testing her, trying to make her agree with more conviction than she had.
"You're not asking; I'm running away with you. Wherever you go, I'll follow." She looked at him directly in the eye without her stance wavering.
"I'm not--"
"You're not. I am. I'm going. I want to go," she assured him. "The thought of being without you is just too hard." Without warning, she wrapped her arms around his waist and embraced him. His body was rigid in her arms.