Raleigh's brows furrow together when he says she deserves the world; it's a hard thing to actually hear someone say, oddly enough. That she just... deserves that, but he continues and she shakes her head. "No, he- he didn't hurt me, I... I just- I don't know what I did, he just... wasn't-" She swallowed thickly. "It's not important," she says faintly, even though it is, but she has no idea what happened there; what she'd said or done or didn't say, and she's seen him - of course she's seen him, but they're not even friends anymore, they never had a discussion about it, she just... met his brother, and then... that was it.
She looks back at him when he talks about having to believe her, that he's got to believe her that he's strong, and she nods slightly with a shrug of her shoulder. "I mean, I guess you don't have a choice." Chuckling faintly, she still looks... worried. She looks really worried, but it's just that.... reinforcing. It's that he's strong, and if Joel and Raleigh tell him enough, maybe he'll believe it of himself.
Then - then, he asks about breaking Coop's kneecaps, and her eyes widen abruptly. "What? No! No, I mean- I don't even--" She pauses. "I don't even think-" And that's when she gets that odd look on her face again, the scrunched brows, the frown. "The way it is for me," she says finally, quietly. "That's not the way it is for him, I don't think? I mean, I know we're friends, but-" She pauses. "He's got a lot of friends. And I'm okay with that, so you can't talk to him about anything like that, or act like... like I'm his- I'm not his girlfriend or anything, you know?"
That's maybe why it was so complicated; she not only was super confused about her feelings for Coop - although everything she's told Spencer is 100% true, and it oddly helps that she's been able to articulate it - but she mostly thinks that the way he is with her is just the way he is. It's business as usual, and she can't think of anything weirder then Spencer talking to him about it and implying it was something else.
"He won't hurt me," she revises. "And from what I've heard, your scrutinizing stare may be a little more giggly and a little less scrutinizing if you have wine."
no subject
She looks back at him when he talks about having to believe her, that he's got to believe her that he's strong, and she nods slightly with a shrug of her shoulder. "I mean, I guess you don't have a choice." Chuckling faintly, she still looks... worried. She looks really worried, but it's just that.... reinforcing. It's that he's strong, and if Joel and Raleigh tell him enough, maybe he'll believe it of himself.
Then - then, he asks about breaking Coop's kneecaps, and her eyes widen abruptly. "What? No! No, I mean- I don't even--" She pauses. "I don't even think-" And that's when she gets that odd look on her face again, the scrunched brows, the frown. "The way it is for me," she says finally, quietly. "That's not the way it is for him, I don't think? I mean, I know we're friends, but-" She pauses. "He's got a lot of friends. And I'm okay with that, so you can't talk to him about anything like that, or act like... like I'm his- I'm not his girlfriend or anything, you know?"
That's maybe why it was so complicated; she not only was super confused about her feelings for Coop - although everything she's told Spencer is 100% true, and it oddly helps that she's been able to articulate it - but she mostly thinks that the way he is with her is just the way he is. It's business as usual, and she can't think of anything weirder then Spencer talking to him about it and implying it was something else.
"He won't hurt me," she revises. "And from what I've heard, your scrutinizing stare may be a little more giggly and a little less scrutinizing if you have wine."