ldentidem:
    âOne.â She fidgeted a little with her fingers, looking down, only to add a rather timid, rather soft: âOne and a half. Maybe, maybe a two.â She wasnât pissed, she hadnât been so much as pissed as she was sad. Matt had grown on her so fast, and so hard too that suddenly not seeing him felt⌠Could she even say she felt abandoned? He was a grown man, and to some extent she counted as a grown woman, but deep down still felt like a child. A lonely child at that. âI just-I was worried, thatâs all. I mean, if you⌠if you suddenly realized you didnât want to be my friend that wouldâve been fine. But I did miss you. A lot.â
He didnât really expected any different answer. Not from Laurie, at least. From someone else, yelling and anger would happen and Matt would know how to deal with that, anger would make it easier for him ( as selfish as that was) but Laurie, as always, was different. She didnât sound pissed in the slightest just....Hurt. And sad. Which made the guilt that Matt was feeling worse (which was fair, if he was honest with himself).
âNo, that was not it....â He stated, walking closer, just a little bit, hesitant of how to behave and where his boundaries with Laurie started and ended. âUm...It was just...A lot of things. But not that. Never that.â He bit his lower lip for a moment, trying to find thw right words. âIâm sorry, Laurie. I didnât mean...I missed you too. Very much.â















