She follows him upstairs, still floating a bit, until he brings up that question. "Oh sure, you heard that," she mutters, then nudges him with her elbow. "Come on. I've been drooling after you for ages now."

They're still in the hallway, and so it feels almost safe to say this part: "Of course I had fantasies. I had a lot of wishful thinking, too. And some crushed dreams to go with it all."