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wispfoxI am so very charmed. Charmed!
"“They have this tradition,” Jack offered, putting his hands in his pockets. “Nothing lasts forever, right? But you can choose to keep going. You can choose to change when someone else changes. You can choose to start over, when you have to.”
Jack pulled something out of his pocket, straightened up, and went down on one knee in front of Sky. He looked very smooth, but Sky saw his free hand go to the walkway. Steadying himself. So that was what you noticed at a time like this, Sky thought.
“Will you keep going with me?” Jack was saying. He held something up, in the safeties’ shadow but it caught the light from the door and Sky knew perfectly well what it was. “For as long as we can?”
“How long is that?” His voice sounded strange in his ears, uncertain and not strong at all. Not even slightly like someone who knew what they were doing.
“I hope for the rest of our lives,” Jack said. For once, he sounded completely serious. “But the ring’s not made of metal, Sky. It’s made of shell, and it’ll break. Just like us. We’ll get mad, we’ll fight, something will happen and one or both of us won’t be the same. We’ll have to make this choice, over and over again. To keep going. To stay with each other.
“Nothing lasts forever,” Jack repeated, “and one promise isn’t gonna be enough. It’s gonna take a lot of them. Not one big promise at the beginning, but lots of little ones, all along the way. It’ll probably be a lot of work. But I’m ready to do it if you are.”" And Choose Again
Except that I would totally break a shell ring _way_ too often and easily. But charmed!
"“They have this tradition,” Jack offered, putting his hands in his pockets. “Nothing lasts forever, right? But you can choose to keep going. You can choose to change when someone else changes. You can choose to start over, when you have to.”
Jack pulled something out of his pocket, straightened up, and went down on one knee in front of Sky. He looked very smooth, but Sky saw his free hand go to the walkway. Steadying himself. So that was what you noticed at a time like this, Sky thought.
“Will you keep going with me?” Jack was saying. He held something up, in the safeties’ shadow but it caught the light from the door and Sky knew perfectly well what it was. “For as long as we can?”
“How long is that?” His voice sounded strange in his ears, uncertain and not strong at all. Not even slightly like someone who knew what they were doing.
“I hope for the rest of our lives,” Jack said. For once, he sounded completely serious. “But the ring’s not made of metal, Sky. It’s made of shell, and it’ll break. Just like us. We’ll get mad, we’ll fight, something will happen and one or both of us won’t be the same. We’ll have to make this choice, over and over again. To keep going. To stay with each other.
“Nothing lasts forever,” Jack repeated, “and one promise isn’t gonna be enough. It’s gonna take a lot of them. Not one big promise at the beginning, but lots of little ones, all along the way. It’ll probably be a lot of work. But I’m ready to do it if you are.”" And Choose Again
Except that I would totally break a shell ring _way_ too often and easily. But charmed!
