Alex, on the other hand, could not find it in herself to smile.
Instead she stood in front of him, coming to a stop at the kind of distance that existed between strangers, not lovers. She didn't want to be angry at him, not anymore than she ever wanted to be sad or scared or lonely. But seeing him there brought it all to the surface, and Alex wasn't exactly one to hold back.
"We needed to talk before, but you left," she told him, and she wondered if the bitterness in her voice sounded childish. "You've been gone for weeks. I don't know what exactly it is about you that my subconscious has fixated on, but it's not helping me. I don't need you just coming in and out of my life, being another distraction."
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Instead she stood in front of him, coming to a stop at the kind of distance that existed between strangers, not lovers. She didn't want to be angry at him, not anymore than she ever wanted to be sad or scared or lonely. But seeing him there brought it all to the surface, and Alex wasn't exactly one to hold back.
"We needed to talk before, but you left," she told him, and she wondered if the bitterness in her voice sounded childish. "You've been gone for weeks. I don't know what exactly it is about you that my subconscious has fixated on, but it's not helping me. I don't need you just coming in and out of my life, being another distraction."