My hate list is reserved for real assholes, not people lying to keep themselves safe. You don't want to meet the people I hate.
[ And if she never has to see them again, then good riddance. She'd rather just have friends, acquaintances, and strangers than to continue to make enemies everywhere she goes. Ava manages a smile at his joke and even a little laugh, but it's lacking in all the ways she's laughed before. ]
Honestly, it sounds a whole lot more plausible than what I am, anyway, so that's totally fair.
[ She just doesn't want it to go further than that, or she'll need to figure out how to make him forget - and she doesn't want to go that far.
Ava swallows, fidgeting with her fingers. ]
Look, don't make it up to me. You don't need to. I just... I need you to be real with me, right here, right now. [ It's hard to ask for him to be honest, but she needs one thing answered, and one thing only. ] Back on the beach...were you bullshitting me when you said I'm not a freak?
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[ And if she never has to see them again, then good riddance. She'd rather just have friends, acquaintances, and strangers than to continue to make enemies everywhere she goes. Ava manages a smile at his joke and even a little laugh, but it's lacking in all the ways she's laughed before. ]
Honestly, it sounds a whole lot more plausible than what I am, anyway, so that's totally fair.
[ She just doesn't want it to go further than that, or she'll need to figure out how to make him forget - and she doesn't want to go that far.
Ava swallows, fidgeting with her fingers. ]
Look, don't make it up to me. You don't need to. I just... I need you to be real with me, right here, right now. [ It's hard to ask for him to be honest, but she needs one thing answered, and one thing only. ] Back on the beach...were you bullshitting me when you said I'm not a freak?