She frowned, shaking her head. “I think he’s caught off guard. I think he told me he loves me because he felt like it was the right thing to do, and now that I want to make it more permanent, he’s trying to backpedal.”
“Because he doesn’t actually love me, Sariel. He just said it because he felt badly for me. I knew I shouldn’t have fallen for it. I never let myself fall for that kind of thing, but... God. This one really hurts.”
“The kind of person to say that stuff so that I don’t feel badly? Yes, I think that’s exactly the kind of person he is.”
She looked distraught for a moment, shaking her head. “I don’t know. Maybe he did mean it at the time but he fell out of love with me by this morning. That can happen. People can make mistakes about that.”
“It’s the only thing that makes sense to me. Why else wouldn’t he want me to come back as soon as possible?”
"I already told you. He missed out on a lot and wants you to experience things he didn't have the chance to."
“That doesn’t make any sense. I’ve been alive for a while now. There’s nothing there for me. Besides, what exactly am I missing out on? Getting married? Having kids? I don’t want that stuff, Sariel, I just want to be with him.”
“This is bull*squee!*,” she said with a small huff. “That’s not going to be possible for me. Not like it is here.”
