I grabbed her and pulled her into my arms, kissing her passionately. "I missed you!" I said. "I thought..." I chuckled. "Never mind. i'm glad your back."
Johnathon:
I laughed and drove us home. I jumped out of the car and yanked Liz's door open, blushing.
In short, Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recognize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her. — Kate Chopin, The Awakening