"Well, that answers that question," Val said, head still tilted in the direction of the girl, not looking at Jack. "You get lost in your own world, don't you? Do you forget that it isn't just you? You'd rather just take it all, distract, wouldn't you, Jack? That's so good to know."
She took a step, away from Jack, closer to the old friend. "Do you want to know anything about her? If you're really not thinking this all through. Not feeling the full weight. Do you think that might help you? I won't tell you, if it'll make you sad, if ignorance is bliss. That's certainly the case for her, you see. She paid someone to forget, when it was all over, when she was boring. Thought I was done. But that wasn't really fair, was it? Cheating. And not even smartly. People like hope, don't they? Sometimes it's all they have. People get desperate- needy- when something is all they have. So I suppose she thought I'd leave her alone after her being broken once."
"Befriending her all over again has been nostalgic. She's happy, and you're happy for her. Do you feel confident about being a distraction, Jack? Being the one that gets hurt? Because that means everything."
I promised to get to you, Jack. We both decided on something, whether you fully realized what that meant or not.
She took a step, away from Jack, closer to the old friend. "Do you want to know anything about her? If you're really not thinking this all through. Not feeling the full weight. Do you think that might help you? I won't tell you, if it'll make you sad, if ignorance is bliss. That's certainly the case for her, you see. She paid someone to forget, when it was all over, when she was boring. Thought I was done. But that wasn't really fair, was it? Cheating. And not even smartly. People like hope, don't they? Sometimes it's all they have. People get desperate- needy- when something is all they have. So I suppose she thought I'd leave her alone after her being broken once."
"Befriending her all over again has been nostalgic. She's happy, and you're happy for her. Do you feel confident about being a distraction, Jack? Being the one that gets hurt? Because that means everything."
I promised to get to you, Jack. We both decided on something, whether you fully realized what that meant or not.