"It's not a question of me not respecting myself," Natalie muttered, while Sam asked, "Why not?"

"And even if it was, I'd sacrifice some of that if it meant I could be happy."

"Why don't you want me to go? I can't help you, Natalie. You told me that. So, tell me why you want me to stay."

But being happy was hard, wasn't it? Ridiculously so. And then you ended up carrying these kinds of memories around. And trying to be friends with someone who didn't want to do that because he still felt too much, and suddenly you were With Benefits without the friends part.

"Because I love you?"

"You should make that a statement and not a question."