There's a part of her that hears his words and thinks, why not? He seems committed to the idea and unconcerned about any issues that might arise. Why make such a big deal out of it?

But her heart cannot get passed the obvious.









"It's too soon."

He doesn't want to listen to her cry. He doesn't care about anything but getting his way, so she shutters off that part of herself, welds big steel doors around it and cuts off the light of day.

"I'm not saying no," she adds, in a quiet, almost defeated tone. "I just -- I'm not ready to say yes, yet."