Lauralye was surprised when Robert held out the ring to her. She tentatively took it and slid it on one of her fingers, "Thank you," She said quietly. 

She kissed his cheek before walking into the bathroom. Sometime later, she emerged clean in a white night gown. She moved to the bed where Robert still sat and curled up against him. All her worries from last night about them spreading apart for the moment disappeared. She closed her eyes but did not sleep as she sat there with him. When she spoke again, her voice was soft, "Do... You think we can really be together? Like we wish to be?"