Fate

An eyebrow raised somewhat. She really hadn't ever heard of this 'Nero'. She watched as he was about to fall, but glad he didn't exactly. If he was about to fall, though, she would catch him. She didn't want someone falling off to their death or to get hurt, after all. "I don't understand... but... ah, well," she said, more to herself than to him.

She listened to what he said next. She didn't answer yet though, and noticing him shake harder, she took his arm. She didn't want him to fall. "Listen, stop shaking..." she said firmly, but gently and softly. "If you don't, you'll fall, and that won't be good."

She then went back to reply to what he said, and offered him a smile. "I'm sure that one day you'll find someone," she said. "I mean, someone that won't care if you mess up or screw up or anything." She wondered if that would ever happen, but she was sure it would.

Jaden blinked when he took a step back, folding her arms over her chest, head tilting to the side again. "Of course you're worth something," the blue-eyed girl said. "Everyone is, and everyone deserves chances." When he took that second step back, an eyebrow went up somewhat. "Why are you backing away....?" she asked.

Actually, Jaden didn't yet understand what he was saying. She shook her head. "Now, what reason would I have to hate someone if they're 'screwed up'?" she asked. "None, really. So don't worry. I don't like hating others, and I'm not going to hurt you." Her old school had taught to hate others, and she refused to do it. She would do everything the complete opposite of what that school told her to do, and she was glad she had escaped from it into the real world.

"How do you really know I would hate you?" Jaden asked. "If everyone else has, then ok, but I'm not everyone else." She shook her head again, but blinked when he said heartbreak from her would be the worst. What was that supposed to mean? She had an idea, but they hadn't even known each other very long, so she doubted that was what he was thinking. Either way, she decided not to ask, and just went with her assumption. She didn't like to assume... but, oh, well.

She put an arm around him in a sort of half-hug. "Don't worry, ok?" she said. "I'm not like everyone else, and I'm not going to hurt you. Ok? Just believe me."

Since he had looked away, Jaden couldn't see the emotions his eyes were showing. She removed her arm from his shoulder as he started walking away, and listened to what he said. She followed after him, silent for a while, just looking at him. She was going to guess that he didn't have a place to go, and she knew what that was like, since she hadn't had a place to go after she escaped that last school. She was also going to suppose that he didn't know about the academy. "You know, there's a school near by," she told him. "You can go there if you need shelter from the ice and snow."