Goddammit. He should have seen that one coming, and Jude let out a groan, burying his face in his hand.
"Okay," Jude admitted. "I should have seen that one coming. Sorry. I'll - uh, stop asking." Because that was... well. He couldn't do it. And if it was someone else, he could put his hand on their shoulder and share the images, only he couldn't even do that for Rory.
Rory pulled her knees to her chest and rested her chin on them. "It's fine. Just embarrassed, I guess. It's not like — fuck. I wasn't some groupie or anything." And Rory felt suddenly defensive of that fact.
"That's almost worse," she laughed. "I mean, it's good. I can... I can just keep someone in my life and be happy about that, but I'd still have to get over my feelings at some point. The story of my life, right?"