Music Background: Love me like you do, By Ellie Goulding.
For a long moment, nothing moved.
Everyone was still caught in the shock of the moment, and the hall stood frozen, as if time itself was waiting for permission to continue.
Theodora stood barefaced beneath the lights, her chest rising and falling quickly, facing every confused, bewildered eye that stared at her like she was just pulling a really huge prank.
Slowly, she turned and her eyes found Zeke's.
Guilt flickered through her expression, and she squeezed her hands. She hadn't told him about this. Not about revealing everything in front of everyone who had ever known her as Thaddeus.
The weight of it crashed down all at once. Was he gonna get mad at her again for keeping it from him and going ahead on her own? Oh God, she couldn't handle breaking his heart one more time.
"I didn't plan to—" she started softly.
Zeke didn't let her finish.
