[ Looking down to her hands, her fingers fiddle around the raised detail at her wand's base. She can sense that William will only get more annoyed with her answer, but it isn't like her to be anything but forthright. ]

I'd thought that you might actually like being close to someone, if you weren't so-- relentlessly reserved. [ A pause, before she looks at him, quite confident! ] That someone being me.

[ And then her lashes flutter, before venturing wayward. ]

It isn't that I don't appreciate your stubbornness, I actually find it quite endearing. Perhaps I even find it cute that you're a bit of a loner, too-- [ Okay, know SHE'S huffing because she's beginning to go in circles! ]

My reasoning was primarily selfish, but I believe I'd also hoped it would help you, too.