[ There's a pause. She blinks back her tears, trying to read that. Then she flips back to his previous text, and re-reads it, and then comes back to this one and types back at him: ]
I thought that was 'my friends don't do this so you're not my friend.' I thought that was what you meant.
That was, 'this is what I need, if we're going to be friends'.
[ He's not that much of a monster.
And she explained. He understands that she was afraid. That doesn't make him okay with the choices she made, but she wouldn't be the first friend he feels that way about. ]
[ The response takes a few minutes before it comes. The reasons why it takes so long are both stupid and predictable. Kitty Jones, crybaby.
And: Kitty Jones, trying desperately to regain some sense of pride. This whole thing has left her so humiliated. ]
I'm not changing because of you, though. I want that to be clear. It's something that I think is right, independent of anything else. So don't think I'm someone who can be pushed around.
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I thought that was 'my friends don't do this so you're not my friend.' I thought that was what you meant.
[ She doesn't tend to expect second chances. ]
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[ He's not that much of a monster.
And she explained. He understands that she was afraid. That doesn't make him okay with the choices she made, but she wouldn't be the first friend he feels that way about. ]
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It's not something that's easy for me. Honesty, I mean. But I try. I do try. For friends.
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What does that mean
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I like you, Kathleen. I don't actually want to stop being your friend.
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And: Kitty Jones, trying desperately to regain some sense of pride. This whole thing has left her so humiliated. ]
I'm not changing because of you, though. I want that to be clear. It's something that I think is right, independent of anything else. So don't think I'm someone who can be pushed around.
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No. I think you've been clear enough on that.
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OK.
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