SPENDING DESERT NIGHT WITH ARTHUR

"Even though I didn't tell you, you still came and found me." Suddenly, a thought came to her mind and she asked, "Wait, don't tell me you are here because of me. How did you find that I was here?"

Arthur looked at her and mysteriously replied, "I'm here for another reason. I never thought I would meet you here, caught up with all these."

His answer made Veronica even more curious about his true purpose.  "But, you are not a soldier. Why do you have to come here?"

"I can't tell you." Arthur downright rejected.

Veronica turned to look at him with anger in her eyes and accused, "And you said you saw me as your friend. Is this how you treat your friend?"

Arthur also gazed at her. "If I didn't see you as my friend, would I have saved you just now?"

Veronica's mouth opened in surprise. Their close proximity didn't make her nervous this time. "So, you are saying you wouldn't save people unless you were their friend? I never thought you-"