In that moment, Rose was the happiest girl in the world. She noticed how his eyes sparkled while he reached out to steady her, and she blushed deep and looked up at him, all shy all of a sudden. The music of the carousel faded and she wasn't riding, she was soaring. Wasn't this what she had always wanted? Someone to love her and protect her? Surely this had to be a dream? Such happiness didn't come to her, especially not this easily. But here it was. She touched his hand with hers.