> Derek knew that her grandmother's death had hit Alex pretty hard. He also
> knew she had a good head on her shoulders and almost always thought things
> through before she did them. He knew that was not what was bothering him.
> However, the truth of what it was he felt eluded him. He gave her a
> reassuring smile, "I know you would not enter into any relationship
lightly.
> If your best judgement is telling you this is the right thing, then I'm
sure
> it is." But he wasn't. Perhaps it was Nick that bothered him, perhaps he
> wasn't so sure that Nick had thought things through. He rarely did. But
> that didn't seem right either. He tried pushing these thoughts away. I
> wouldn't do to drive him self crazy over this. After all, no matter what
> his reservations were, there was nothing that could be done about it.
>
> Derek
Alex
I moved over to him and took his hands in mine, giving him a warm smile,
"thank you Derek," I said. "I appreciate the understanding," I wondered what
he was really thinking about this, I'd known him long enough to know when he
was holding out on me...but he was trying and right now that meant the world
to me. I gave him a quick hug, hoping he knew how much this meant to me.
