Brown eyes just stared at him for a moment, if one looked close enough they'd see the slight shine around the rim of her eyes that showed the subtle shimmer of building tears, then she looked down and to the ground, knocking the toe of her converse against the cement below.
"I don't.." She trailed off and shook her head, taking a shaky intake of breath and bringing her hand up to chew her thumbnail - a habit she'd picked up from watching her uncle for far too long. - "I don't wanna talk about it.." She mumbled against her finger.
Talking about it meant she had to admit that Jacob was gone and never coming back, she had to admit that she believed he was dead and that it broke her heart in more than one way - she had to admit that she indeed had a broken heart in the first place. She'd just admitted her feelings for the Peletier boy - then he ran off.
How was she supposed to feel? If not guilty. If not frightened, if not terrified beyond belief.
And within a moment she began to pace back and forth quickly, nervously as she spoke, more to herself than anything but she was airing her problems - simply because this was Carl, and she had to admit this all to make her feel better.
She trusted Carl as well, to not say something that would further harm her fragile psyche.
"How could he leave like that," she started, "I told him everything, I told him how much I liked him, that I loved him, that he was the only one I really cared about more than anything in the world and I loved him so much. I kissed him, I gave him my first kiss because I wanted him to know I loved him - that I wasn't just saying it." she paused, "He said it back, he returned my feelings.. He kissed me back." back and forth she paced across the concrete, "He used to sleep in my cell with me - just to help me so I could actually sleep; I have nightmares, about my parents. About what Daryl told me about how my dad died, I have nightmares constantly about those things out there, and he knew that. He helped me.."
Then she stopped pacing, and lifted her head to look at Carl, the black rings around her eyes more visible in the daylight once her hair moved out of the way, "And he still left, just like everyone else. And he's probably dead, he probably left because of me and he's probably dead."