"I want to love and be loved, Peter," Natalie said, seriously considering clamping her hands over her ears, now. "I don't think that should make me better or worse than anything."
"I wasn't trying," Natalie-on-the-bed said, pausing in the middle for a breath, "to break up with you."
"But you just did!" Sam snapped "You just did, Natalie. Because I asked you to tell me you wanted to end it and you didn't deny it. You are speaking in past tense. You 'gave', you 'wanted', you've 'tried.' It's past tense. I'm not stupid. And you haven't said anything else one way or the other!"
"It's not in your priorities, and trust me, I wish it wasn't in mine, either."
"I just wanted to talk to you!" The sobbing was starting up harsher again. "I was just trying to talk because I –– I couldn't handle it on my own anymore. And I told you because I thought you deserved to know."
Re: An Aged Door
"I wasn't trying," Natalie-on-the-bed said, pausing in the middle for a breath, "to break up with you."
"But you just did!" Sam snapped "You just did, Natalie. Because I asked you to tell me you wanted to end it and you didn't deny it. You are speaking in past tense. You 'gave', you 'wanted', you've 'tried.' It's past tense. I'm not stupid. And you haven't said anything else one way or the other!"
"It's not in your priorities, and trust me, I wish it wasn't in mine, either."
"I just wanted to talk to you!" The sobbing was starting up harsher again. "I was just trying to talk because I –– I couldn't handle it on my own anymore. And I told you because I thought you deserved to know."