It took everything to put all her trust into David’s words once more. The little bits and pieces that were still left of Nadia’s heart hardly had the strength the go on living, but she still decided to risk her own sanity and happiness for this man. She had to be out of her mind, but then again, never acting like this and taking risks would have caused her much more unhappiness in the very end. There was something far more beautiful and cruel about suffering when you were young rather than suffering at your own death bed, regretting the things you had done and yearning for the things you had never experienced in your life. She wanted to trust him, even if she was aware that her trust could be misplaced and she could potentially break her heart one way or another. “Thank you.” Nadia managed to respond clumsily. She wasn’t sure what else to say at this point.<br/><br/>When his hand found her cheek, she placed hers over his as if to keep him there close to her and prevent him from leaving her again. His words had made her speechless and all she could do was gaze at him and try and imagine the hell he had been through. She hadn’t been the only one suffering and it wasn’t like David had planned this to hurt her on purpose. No, that was an absurd thought, but at times she had felt anger boil in her guts when she had had to push through her darkest and hardest moments. Now she felt a pang of guilt for ever feeling that way and thinking that David was somehow toying with her on purpose.<br/><br/>“I wish it hadn’t happened like this.” Nadia spoke. “I wish we could have been together without this happening to you. Seeing you like this… it really began to kill me from the inside. I had to stop visiting at some point.” She looked down and kept holding his hand, something which she had done when he had been in coma but that was very different now that he was awake again, responding to her.<br/><br/>She tilted her head as he almost seemed to prepare himself for his next words. They had much to talk after all that had happened and much to deal with. David had just skipped three weeks of his life and Nadia had been in a very, very dark reality for quite some time. She certainly didn’t expect his next words. It didn’t seem like the time and place for a proposal and yet the words had most certainly come out of his mouth. Her eyes widened slightly and she stared at him for a while before realizing that she should probably say something instead of making David terribly nervous. What he had said before expressing his will to marry her hadn’t gone past her ears and she didn’t doubt his determination. But marriage? She hadn’t even… considered! Nadia had always imagined getting married later on in life after retiring from dancing and maybe going into sports medicine.<br/><br/>“David…” She smiled at him, still unsure of what to say. So far she had followed his advice and simply jumped whenever something like this came up… but now she was hesitating. Wasn’t this a big decision? Really, why was she bothering her head like this, it was clear that they had been through a lot together and that spending any more time considering things could possibly lead to the end of their relationship sooner than expected. The accident David had been into proved that circumstances could change in the batter of seconds and that it was better to live now, in the present and to the fullest. Always planning her future that might never even happen was a waste of time if she wasn’t enjoying the days that were going by. And thinking about it now, she wanted no one else but David to be there to appreciate those days.<br/><br/>“Yes.” Nadia replied quietly. “I want to marry you, David. I want to live together with you and spend the rest of my life with you. There’s no doubt about it in my heart.”