"Alright," she says, since he seems like he wants to tell her. She had assumed, maybe unfairly, that he'd been worried it might not work out, that he might not like it or change his mind, and that he'd felt embarrassed by that possibility.

She wouldn't have judged him for it, for any of it, but she can understand someone feeling that way and not wanting to share.

But Steve wants to tell her and she's so happy for him now, so proud of him, that she doesn't imagine he'll say anything she won't want to hear.