<span style="color: #BF00BF">Following after him, she went through her mental check list, making sure she couldn't feel any sort of breeze that would mean she was showing skin. As he held open the door for her, she'd no quite finished, causing her to pause, but not nearly as long as the first time around. Her eyes looked up at his for that brief moment she moved past him, head turning to keep the connection even as her body continued its path. <br/><br/>It was in that heart-stopping moment, that she once again wondered, what it would be like? If he really could have been her knight in shining armor, her hero, to save her from what she knew could be lurking around any corner at any time. Sure, she knew it could never be, but that didn't stop her from wondering. <br/><br/>Her steps paused a few paces beyond the door, waiting for him as her eyes scanned sporadically around the area, to satisfy that no one had reached the mainland just yet. As she had the only boat, she knew it would take time, time to repair the compound as well as get a boat out to their location...She had time. Pushing that back to the far recesses of her mind, Lilly instead focused back on Tobias. Each step he took she matched, looking where he pointed, following his words with a smile. An emphatic nod here, and a sound of happiness there, she didn't want to interrupt what he said. Yet, curiosity pulled at her.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Where're you leading me...?</span> she wondered to herself, slanting a glance at him.<br/><br/>Almost as if reading her mind, he told her they were getting close. Her steps halted as his did, looking around as if to try and point him in the right direction. The smile that grew on his face, though, had her heart fluttering and her brief pang of helpfulness quickly subsided; In its stead the anxious butterflies wracking her frame.<br/><br/>Keeping abreast of him, she tried to figure where they were going, not seeing anything of importance on this empty street. If anything, it seemed deserted, nothing but a lone set of stairs and a few display-less windows...Her eyes looked at him curiously, wondering if he was joking, that he'd led her into the middle of nowhere.</span><br/><br/>â€œHere we are.â€<br/><br/><span style="color: #BF00BF"><span style="font-style: italic">But...I don't see...</span><br/><br/>Gaze following his own, she looked down the stairs, eyes widening as they took in the shop's name. Glancing back at him, the gray orbs lightening with the telltale hints of her broadening smile, she darted down the stairs, not even waiting for him this time, disappearing inside. Among the books, she felt completely at ease. Fingers trailing over the spines of the books, the scent of musty pages wrapping her in a warm, familiar blanket.<br/><br/>For once, she didn't have to think. Throwing a happy smile in his direction, she was yanking down her hood, stripping off her scarf as she unbuttoned her coat. Leaving it on, she continued eyeing the books, spotting a few of her favorites with amazed eyes. Looking back at him over her shoulder, she tilted her head, grateful, but almost guilty. "This...this is perfect...But, I thought we were supposed to be doing things for you, not me," Lily teased with a grin.</span>