Kaye was taken aback by his words, not having expected him to say anything along those lines. She released a small sigh before smiling at him. "You crazy fool." She leaned up enough so she could put her hand on his knee and shook it slightly. "I do not leave you because there is no where else I would rather be. I'm happy being by your side whether you believe it or not. I love you...you're like family to me. You [i]are[/i] my family." A pause. "You can think whatever you may like, but I guess in the end we are both using each other for our own selfish reasons. Isn't that how it is now in this day and age, anyways? I never had a family of my own...but then you came along and took me away from that sorry existence that was my life. If you didn't come when you did, then I would probably still be in that town and probably would have died there without knowing what was past its walls. You showed me that there is more in this world than what I was living. You proved to me that there is more to a story than looking at it's cover. And you taught me everything that I know about the meaning of life. You are my teacher, my mentor...and are like the father that I never had, and I can never give you what you have given to me, but my utmost loyalty."