he opened the door for her and stayed by her side on the way to her fathers office . the conversation had made no sense at all . but you have to understand how serious this is , jenna . he did n't want anybody admiring her too much . he knew his brothers were only trying to distract him . he felt suddenly as if he were the young one and she had all the experience . he thought about the new information nodding as chewed on it . and i never said i wanted to marry her . '' 