Because she was damaged and a romantic and a realist and a bunch of other things that didn't mesh well with each other.

"I don't."

""Sure, whatever. Because taking advantage of me being here the past two days, sleeping with me and cuddling with me before doing this isn't stringing me along."

Sam began to pack, shoving things into his bag, and Natalie found that it didn't really matter that she wasn't watching because she still knew everything that happened. This was her memory, after all.