“You first,” he said, holding her almost at arm's length, looking into her eyes.
“No, you. What were you going to say?”
“I was wondering…”
“What?”
“… if you remembered.”
“Ah,” she said because she knew instinctively what he meant.
“When we stopped along the road to Palm Springs,” he said.
“I remember,” she said.
“I proposed.”
“Yes.”
“Marriage.”
“Yes.”
“I've never done that before.”
“I'm glad.”
“It wasn't very romantic, was it?”
“You did just fine,” she said. “Is the offer still open?”
“Yes. Is it still appealing?”
“Immensely appealing,” she said.
He pulled her close again.
She put her arms around him, and she felt protected, yet suddenly a shiver passed through her.
“It's all right,” he said. “It's over.”
“Yeah, it's over,” she said, putting her head against his chest. “We'll go back to Orange County, where it's always summer, and we'll get married, and I'll start collecting trains with you. I think I could get into trains, you know? We'll listen to old swing music, and we'll watch old movies on the VCR, and together we'll make a better world for ourselves, won't we?”
“We'll make a better world,” he agreed softly. “But not that way. Not by hiding from the world as it really is. Together, we don't need to hide. Together, we've got the power, don't you think?”
“I don't think,” she said. “I know.”
The rain had tailed off to a light drizzle. The storm was moving eastward, and the mad voice of the wind was stilled for now.
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