[This kind of open ended, no requirements needed offer of friendship is the single thing she has wanted most, all her life. She never had it at the Academy, no matter which sibling drifted closer during which year: they were always separate, and Pogo was...she doesn't want to think about him.
No one offered this at school, or college, or out in the world. No one until Leonard, and that is why however badly she wants to crow and be excited and just enjoy that there's finally someone else in her life that just wants to be her friend, she can't ignore the ugly twist in her stomach that stretches all the way up her throat. She actually feels nauseous for a moment, but the moment passes and she exhales slowly.
He's not Leonard. He doesn't have an ulterior motive, and if she does--
Then she'll break her heart again and add one more name to the list of people she's killed, probably. It's hard to acknowledge that, to see that this might hurt, and go for it anyway. But when she nods, she smiles, and it may be tentative, but it's still real.]
I do. I mean - it's better than grabbing coffee alone, right?
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No one offered this at school, or college, or out in the world. No one until Leonard, and that is why however badly she wants to crow and be excited and just enjoy that there's finally someone else in her life that just wants to be her friend, she can't ignore the ugly twist in her stomach that stretches all the way up her throat. She actually feels nauseous for a moment, but the moment passes and she exhales slowly.
He's not Leonard. He doesn't have an ulterior motive, and if she does--
Then she'll break her heart again and add one more name to the list of people she's killed, probably. It's hard to acknowledge that, to see that this might hurt, and go for it anyway. But when she nods, she smiles, and it may be tentative, but it's still real.]
I do. I mean - it's better than grabbing coffee alone, right?