Lily looked at her for a moment, then looked at the ring again, and whatever argument she had been assembling was set aside in favor of the reality of the ring, which was clearly winning. It sparkled in the light, catching her breath as she imagined the promise it held. With a soft sigh, she realized that some decisions were perhaps meant to be embraced rather than scrutinized.
"My goodness~! It's beautiful~!" she said. "This is—when is the ceremony?!"
"Have you talked about a ceremony?!"
"You need to have a ceremony! I want to be involved!"
"Calm down, Lily," Evelyn said. "We got engaged three days ago."
"So there's time to plan," Lily said. "That's even better."
"Give them a week before you start assigning yourself roles," Diana said.
"I'm not assigning myself roles," Lily said. "I'm expressing availability."
"Those are the same thing when you do it," Diana said.
