[That crack of his spine gets her head to jerk over in his direction, and she gives a little shake of her head. For once, she isn't trying to get him to do anything. She's just confused and more than a little embarrassed.]
I do want to stick together. I just thought -
[She hesitates, but pushes through it to get out what she wants to say.]
When you came to apologize, I thought you were going to kiss me before you left. The way you leaned in made me think that maybe there was something there. That's all.
[It's not all. But it's a good enough lie. She even manages a shaky smile, and takes another sip from the bottle before handing it over to him. It looks like he could use some of this too. If nothing else, at least they can get drunk together and forget this conversation ever happened.]
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I do want to stick together. I just thought -
[She hesitates, but pushes through it to get out what she wants to say.]
When you came to apologize, I thought you were going to kiss me before you left. The way you leaned in made me think that maybe there was something there. That's all.
[It's not all. But it's a good enough lie. She even manages a shaky smile, and takes another sip from the bottle before handing it over to him. It looks like he could use some of this too. If nothing else, at least they can get drunk together and forget this conversation ever happened.]