[ jade knows she can't really disagree, because dave's right here. he's holding her. she woke dave up in the middle of the night, hours before school, for a nightmare, and he still put her down on his bed, let her cling to him and he's consoling her. she feels awful, selfish - she's the worst person in this room, at least. ]
I'm not crying.
[ well, not anymore. it's not a white lie, okay, he didn't specify whether he meant now or earlier. jade is allowed this? after a shaky inhale (clearly, clearly, jade keeping her emotions bottled up, again, but that's not new. she's bad at letting people worry about her and the idea of it is... uncomfortable? a little.) ] You really were fine?
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I'm not crying.
[ well, not anymore. it's not a white lie, okay, he didn't specify whether he meant now or earlier. jade is allowed this? after a shaky inhale (clearly, clearly, jade keeping her emotions bottled up, again, but that's not new. she's bad at letting people worry about her and the idea of it is... uncomfortable? a little.) ] You really were fine?