"I think you have a chance to be happy," she said slowly. "And even if it's only for a few weeks, you should seize that chance. Because you never know what's going to happen."
And now she's the one looking for a useful prop, but there's not to hold onto so she settles for staring at Jeramiah, asleep in his tank. "Last summer, I had a chance, with Alex. But I didn't take it. I was too afraid to get close. I didn't want to be vulnerable the way Max and Michael were. I thought there would be time. Time to get answers, time to figure out if it was worth the risk. But it turns out, there really wasn't time."
She finally looked back at Xander, her expression serious. "If I could do it over again? I'd take the risk. Because a few weeks of being really happy? Would be a hell of a lot better then spending the rest of my life thinking 'if only'. Don't make the same mistake I did."
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And now she's the one looking for a useful prop, but there's not to hold onto so she settles for staring at Jeramiah, asleep in his tank. "Last summer, I had a chance, with Alex. But I didn't take it. I was too afraid to get close. I didn't want to be vulnerable the way Max and Michael were. I thought there would be time. Time to get answers, time to figure out if it was worth the risk. But it turns out, there really wasn't time."
She finally looked back at Xander, her expression serious. "If I could do it over again? I'd take the risk. Because a few weeks of being really happy? Would be a hell of a lot better then spending the rest of my life thinking 'if only'. Don't make the same mistake I did."