Elizabeth was still stood with her arms around Sawyer’s neck, his hands were still resting on her hips, he still had her back to the door, and she still had no idea how to respond to what he had asked her.
“I’ll understand if you say no, but please don’t leave me stood here like this.”
“I don’t know what to say. Why are you asking me this now?” He looked hurt and let go of her hips. She slid her hands round from his neck to rest on his shoulders, “don’t you think we should have talked about this first?”
He stepped away from her and started to get dressed in silence as Elizabeth stood feeling like garbage at the door.
“See, this is why I don’t act on impulse,” he collapsed onto the bed, “when you act on impulse you end up getting hurt.”
“I didn’t say no,” Elizabeth pulled on a shirt b
