Her head turned to look up at him as he spoke and it was only after she had processed what he said that she leaned back against him with her shoulder.

"I won't," she whispered, as if she were making a solemn promise.

She found that for the first time, she wasn't sure what to do or say next. She usually always could come up with something to say. Even if it wasn't the right thing. She hadn't ever had someone give her a pep talk like this, though. It made her chest feel warm and full. She'd come to realize a few moments later those were defining characteristics of being happy.

"It's more important to focus on the here and now, rather than what happened in the past. I can't change what happened but I can make the future better."