snapshot: reconciliation

"I'm so sorry" he says, "It won't happen again. I miss you and you were right all along. I'm sorry I said those things. Can you forgive me?"

She stops to look at him, trying to see in his face if he's telling her the truth and seeing only pleading anguish in his warm brown eyes. She reaches out her hand to him, tentatively, and he pulls her to him. "Honestly, I would never do anything to hurt you" he whispers and she believes him completely, with her whole heart. It feels so right to be back in his arms.

She sighs as relief washes over her. OK, she thinks, now we can get back to normal. Things felt all wrong while he was gone. And besides, everyone has a fight once in awhile...