She knew exactly what she was wishing because it was the same reason she had hoped to avoid the festivities altogether. The ache of what could've been had become less intense over the years, but a romantic setting like this made those feelings too challenging to ignore. Rosalie often wondered if the feelings would ever be fully gone.

She was terrified of the day they were.

"It does." That she answered too quickly was something she hoped he wouldn't hold against her. What they had was vibrant and alive and so incredibly special. They — she ought to have fostered that as opposed to the fear that had won out. A breath later and she added, "it matters." We mattered.

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