Danny wasn't going to convince Rachel that she wasn't horrible, but it also wasn't an argument she was going to have with him here are all the reasons why I am shit and you should never like me. Because she wanted him to like her. She wanted him to like her like she wanted Zoe and Liz and Emma to like her (except with Liz and Emma that felt like a far more distant hope since they were adults and adults had a knack for forgetting they had once been horrible and were far less forgiving of horrible children than other horrible children were; but Rachel still wanted it.)
"I run," said Rachel, looking at his scars and thinking about her own.. "When things are so bad, I run. And then when things aren't as bad I practice running so I can run for longer when they are." She reached forward to touch his wrist, not the scars themselves, but the skin nearby.
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Date: 2014-03-20 01:17 pm (UTC)From:"I run," said Rachel, looking at his scars and thinking about her own.. "When things are so bad, I run. And then when things aren't as bad I practice running so I can run for longer when they are." She reached forward to touch his wrist, not the scars themselves, but the skin nearby.