Those are all fine reasons, nothing suspicious or creepy. The last bit is even kind of eye-rollingly charming. And apparently they're giving up pretending that he was just doing breathing exercises in the park. Maybe that's for the best. Alex likes pretending to be normal, but the honesty feels better.
"Fine, but don't grab me again."
She pulls out her phone and types his name in. Rather than handing it to him to put his number in, she says, "Okay, shoot," and waits for him to tell her. She doesn't want him poking around in her contacts and noticing that the only numbers she has are take-out places.
"You can talk about it too, if you want." She's been told that her symptoms aren't uncommon, that plenty of people who go through a traumatic event experience them. But she's never met anybody else with post-traumatic stress before, and even if she doesn't need to talk about it, he might. She can at least offer him a sympathetic ear. "Or you can just show me how to make tater tots. I've only had the frozen ones."
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"Fine, but don't grab me again."
She pulls out her phone and types his name in. Rather than handing it to him to put his number in, she says, "Okay, shoot," and waits for him to tell her. She doesn't want him poking around in her contacts and noticing that the only numbers she has are take-out places.
"You can talk about it too, if you want." She's been told that her symptoms aren't uncommon, that plenty of people who go through a traumatic event experience them. But she's never met anybody else with post-traumatic stress before, and even if she doesn't need to talk about it, he might. She can at least offer him a sympathetic ear. "Or you can just show me how to make tater tots. I've only had the frozen ones."