"I know." She pulled back enough to look at him, her arms still at his shoulders. "I know. I think about that all the time, but... but people keep telling me to live in the here and now and when I think about the here and now - it includes a future with you."

She pressed her lips together, thoughtful. "I can't separate the two. I don't care if that makes me less grown up or - or whatever. I think... if you can't have hope here, then what's the point?"