Alfred's smile broke from something he was trying to contain while he waited for her reaction to a wide grin, though it didn't last long. She was leaning up to kiss him, and he returned it hungrily, not caring at the moment whether they were too much out in the open for this sort of kiss. He reached up to cup her face as he kissed her, and when he finally stopped he didn't move either his hands or his head, but instead leaned his forehead against hers.

"When you're at the wedding today," he said softly, "You can think about what it'll be like when we get married."