Once inside her town home, she locked the door behind her and fell to her knees sobbing.

"Now he'll never want to speak to me again! Why didn't I say anything?! Oh Sapphire you blubbering idiot!"

"But dear be proud that you stood up for yourself! He will want to hear from you, probably not in this lifetime but when he does you can explain."

Was that supposed to make her feel better?

It did, somewhat, and with that thought in mind she went in, hung her dress up, washed her face and went to bed.

Tomorrow was another day.

~

He didn't know what went wrong. He didn't mean to upset her in anyway, and somehow he did. He walked back home to think about it.

"What did I do wrong..? I... what happened?"

"You went too far."

"But how? You only did what she did..."

"But you took a bit farther."

"I guess I did..."

"You need to calm down around her. She said too soon, so wait. You may get your time later."

"Good idea... I guess I gotta respect her more..."

"Good. You're learning. Keep it up."

When he got him, he immediately got ready for bed, but stopped. He made a note and set it on his bedstand and fall asleep. The note simply said, "Call Sapphire."

He fell asleep to dreams he didn't remember.