[color=f49ac2]"I want to get married, eventually. Having kids kind of scares me, but it's not off the table either. I'm not in it for the sex, unlike some people in today's world. I didn't grow up with very stable relationships. My parents didn't get along. I suspect they loved each other at some point, but my dad grew distant and my mom took it out on me."[/color] Penny smiled sadly at Christian. His hands were warm against her skin and she almost complained when he took them away. Cold air met her skin and she dropped her shirt to cover her now bandaged gash. 

[color=f49ac2]"You mean it?"[/color] Penny said in almost a whisper, her eyes meeting his. She was slightly in awe at the way Christian unabashedly called her kind. She'd been called kind before, but not in a way that made her feel appreciated and [i]seen.[/i] Christian was somehow able to make her see the world in a different light. He was kind too and Penny didn't see that in a lot of men or women nowadays. [color=f49ac2]"I'm sorry I caused you such trouble when you were supposed to take me to the afterlife. I don't know what came over me. I was just... I don't know. It was very out of character for me. I know we've kind of talked about this before, but I really wanted to apologize. Sincerely. And say thank you. You say I see the best in people, but I think you may be a better version of that. You could've ignored me and let my body die, but you didn't. I don't know what you had to do in consequence of letting me live, but I'm sure it wasn't great."[/color] 

Penny didn't know why she felt the need to apologize. She'd already kind of apologized and talked to him about it before, but she wanted him to see how much she cared about what he does and how he feels... That's what friends did, right? Penny couldn't help but feel like that was the wrong terminology.