In a movie. Someone else's story.
Boy and Girl are seated at a table. Boy loves Girl but he's leaving. Girl may love Boy but she won't ask him to stay. Boy gives Girl a parting gift.
What is it? she asks.
Mexican jumping beans. he says. They're magic beans.
She pours the beans out on the table surface and watches with amazement when they start jumping awkwardly. Boy beams.
There must be a reason for this! Girl exclaims.
They're magic. Boy repeats with a smile.
One of the beans jumps off the table and lands on the floor. A passerby crushes it. Girl leans down to pick it up, and sees a larvae crawling in the crushed shell. Girl realises why the beans jump now. She glances up and sees Boy's happy face and quickly makes up her mind. Girl discards crushed shell discreetly behind her and smiles at Boy. She will never kill the mystery for him.
Jump! Magic beans, jump! Boy is trying to coax the beans to jump higher.
Jump! Magic beans, jump! Girl echoes.

And I thought she must have loved him somehow.