"Ian?"

"Mm?"

"Are we gonna get married?"

"Do you want to?"

"Do you?"

"I want whatever you want."

"Say that now, but that'll all change after marriage."

"Says who?"

"I do."

"Why?"

"Because I know me. And I know you."

"What do you know about us?"

"I didn't say I knew anything about us. I know about me and I know about you. Us is different."

"What do you know about me and you?"

"I know that I am selfish. And I know that you are stubborn. And you won't always want what I want. Especially if you're supposed to."

"Mm. Well you know what I know about us?"

"What?"

"We need each other."

"You're saying its not a choice."

"I'm saying it was a choice to walk into that bookstore that Wednesday afternoon, but then the freedom was over."

"It was a Tuesday."

"It was any day. It was every day from birth until we met. It was freedom until we met and shackled ourselves to each other."

"And wedding bands are a bit like chains?"

"A bit."

"Golden shackles."

"With diamonds."

"I do like things that glitter."

"You do."

..."I do."