I'm writing a book. What would you guess is going on between my book's characters, Ash and Elly? 

- (Sean offers Elly a line of coccaine and Elly goes to accept)
Ash: "I love you - but I don't think that's a good idea."

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Ash stands with Elly at the bar. Everyone else is dancing, but Ash waits. He must have been keeping an eye on her, because no sooner had the customersmoved, Ash's hand appeared on her back pushing her forwards. 

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(Ash and Elly are speaking to Sean about his recent break up)
Ash: "I'm not good about communicating my feelings, you can ask her [meaning Elly], she knows."

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Ash: "I was in a place a couple of years ago where I was going to kill myself, and then I thought... 'fuck that' and started to live more purposefully. I was the happiest I'd been in a while when, bam, my mum died. I remember I was stood out on my balcony one night, me and my old man had just had a blazing row, and I was screaming at the sky 'fuck it, I'm done, do what you want with me!' and oh boy, he [God] did. He did. I don't know what your beliefs are around God - if you have any - but I believe we are all in his image... do unto... what was it again?" 

Elly: "treat others how you wish to be treated, or something like that?" 

Ash: "Yeah, exactly."

Elly: "So... I was raised Christian. Some family were quite religious, some devout Catholics. It was when my step-cousin died, at age 19... it was suicide - 

Ash: "Fuck. Fuck. I'm sorry."

Elly: "It was then that I questioned God, like, the priest who knew her from being a baby... baptised her, gave her confirmation, was stood over her coffin... (she had to be buried in unconsecrated ground) was basically saying 'forgive her because she's going straight to hell'". 

Ash: "fuck..." 

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Elly: "... sorry, I just need to clarify, perhaps the phraseology, why keep stating 'its your right'? [it's your divine right to harm, it's a virtue to choose mercy] is it to keep you accountable?"

Ash: "Well, yeah, exactly. The virtuous choice is mercy. The moral is in making that decision.". 

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During a conversation about forgiveness:

Elly: "I'm not gonna lie, in the past you treated me like shit , you really hurt me." 

Ash: "I know. And I apologised. Didn't I?"

Elly (softly): "You did, Ash."
"There were times over the years where I thought 'why?', I questioned what I did to deserve it, but I knew deep down, on some level, things mustn't have been right with you, that you must have been hurting." 

Ash: "Yeah. Exactly that."

Elly: "I forgave you before you even apologised. I hope you know that." 

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Ash: "Sometimes I look in the mirror and think I should just shave all my hair off, y'know, you've got to wash it... condition it... oh and y'know that little scrunch with the towel? Yeah? *laughs* But then I think, I quite like being grizzly, and besides, I've got my mum's hair. Sometimes when I'm brushing it I'll see my Mum's reflection looking back at me."

Elly (smiling): ..."you have lovely hair, you really do."

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Physical experiences: 

- Ash and Elly found every opportunity they could, conspicuously, to sit next to each other. 

- During their conversation about morality and God, they were leaning in to each other and facing each other. 

-Most of the time they were sat next to each other, their knees were deliebrately pressed against each others.