"We are." I doubled down, and believe me when I said I didn't see his answer coming.
"I didn't say you weren't."
I opened my mouth, closed it and then opened it again.
"I mean it."
"I know you do."
"Then why are you smiling like that?" I pouted and he only smiled harder.
"I'm smiling because it's nice hearing you laugh again."
That, that stole every argument I had prepared.
“Stop making it a big deal.” I looked away. "I laugh around other people."
"You smile politely around other people." I looked back. "There's a difference."
"What difference?"
"You laughed today." His voice was gentle. "The kind that makes your shoulders shake."
"...How do you know that?" I rolled my eyes. “You weren't even…”
"I walked by the park this afternoon." He cut me off and my eyes widened.
"You w
