Unwillingly, Isaac takes a long, long time to get his jumbled thoughts in order while ignoring the fact that his heart was beating so fast that it felt ready to explode. Eventually, he takes a deep breath and says, "These past few weeks...Hell, maybe even shortly after we met, I've been feeling something strange. It wasn't a bad kind of strange, but it actually felt pretty...good. All this time, I've been trying to figure out what it was and, I think, I finally figured it out." Meeting Hayley's gaze as he summons all of his courage, he then says three, simple words: "I love you."