Catherine could feel her heart beating so fast she feared it would try to burst through her chest. Yet, it was not a bad feeling, Nor was the warm feeling on her cheeks an unpleasant one. It was a funny one, though. Catherine had never been one to blush easily. Still, it felt nice to blush due to the present reason, and to have her rosy cheeks seen by William only. It felt right, as though everything was falling into place and as though all the past years, lived both together and apart, had led them to that precise moment.<br/><br/>As he took her hands, she once again surrendered her lips to him, blushing even harder. A big smile showed on Catherine's face, and she nodded at William's words. He had always been so proper. But now, she had no problem with it.<br/><br/>"I do. I believe, even though we have known each other our whole lives, you have only just come back, and not doing things properly would probably cast a shadow over your name."<br/><br/>With a deep sigh, Catherine laid her head on William's shoulder.<br/><br/>"And you have to secure my father's permission to court me. Who knows, maybe he will not give it." The second part was obviously a joke, since there was no doubt at all that Lord Cartwright had been waiting for William to court Catherine for as long as his daughter herself had been waiting.<br/><br/>A little more serious, she let out a soft sigh.<br/><br/>"I only wish your parents and my mother could see us now."