[She's quiet for another moment, chewing her lip before going on.]
Really. I just- I keep waiting for Ruby to come back. I don't know if I even could stop waiting. But. I don't want to miss a chance at being happy with someone else I feel that way about because I'm waiting for something that might not ever happen.
[She squeezes her eyes shut, the admission causing an almost physical pain.]
I mean- ...I don't want you to think you're some kind of- second choice, or substitute or something. I care about you because you're you. And. Either one of us could vanish any time, like Ruby did. And Dave, and Ashley.
And I don't want that to happen without telling you. Um. That I think I feel the same way about you.
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[She's quiet for another moment, chewing her lip before going on.]
Really. I just- I keep waiting for Ruby to come back. I don't know if I even could stop waiting. But. I don't want to miss a chance at being happy with someone else I feel that way about because I'm waiting for something that might not ever happen.
[She squeezes her eyes shut, the admission causing an almost physical pain.]
I mean- ...I don't want you to think you're some kind of- second choice, or substitute or something. I care about you because you're you. And. Either one of us could vanish any time, like Ruby did. And Dave, and Ashley.
And I don't want that to happen without telling you. Um. That I think I feel the same way about you.