"Yeah, or just... I don't know. Visit them, or something." She's glad to talk about something that isn't.... it's less about what happened to her, and she's got no idea what she's going to do now.
Deep breath. Deep breath, and then there's the question that she knows she has to ask, and she trusts him. She's asking because she trusts him. Trust is hard, and right now, she doesn't know who else she'd actually ask this of, but... she can at least ask Jason.
"Believe me when I say I don't mean this the way it sounds," she says lowly, "But- But.... I'm-" Raleigh has a hard time coming up with the words, and she bites her lip hard before she finally continues. "Will you maybe- Can you maybe stay? Tonight, with me- I... I don't think I can-" She stops again, and she looks down at her hands. "When I broke my leg, I was... trapped, for a while, and I just- I think I need someone, tonight?" Because she knew how she reacted then, the way she couldn't be alone in the dark.
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Deep breath. Deep breath, and then there's the question that she knows she has to ask, and she trusts him. She's asking because she trusts him. Trust is hard, and right now, she doesn't know who else she'd actually ask this of, but... she can at least ask Jason.
"Believe me when I say I don't mean this the way it sounds," she says lowly, "But- But.... I'm-" Raleigh has a hard time coming up with the words, and she bites her lip hard before she finally continues. "Will you maybe- Can you maybe stay? Tonight, with me- I... I don't think I can-" She stops again, and she looks down at her hands. "When I broke my leg, I was... trapped, for a while, and I just- I think I need someone, tonight?" Because she knew how she reacted then, the way she couldn't be alone in the dark.