"Yeah, it did," he replies, even though he knows if he hadn't waited for her graduation, it would never have worked out. Not with his own hang-ups, and with his need to not be doing this at school. She'd have been here, and he'd have been... somewhere else. But not with her, he knew that.

Maybe, one day, she'd understand why he did any of what he did. Maybe one day, he'll be able to explain it in a way that doesn't make her feel like he was ashamed.

"That sounds like heaven, actually. You know if you want, we could start right away. Takes me seconds to get to the mainland."