"I don't need to be taken care of..." Although that doesn't mean she doesn't want to be taken care of. It was just easier this way. There was less of a chance of being hurt again. As tough as she's able to project, the care and adoration she had for the man sitting in front of her was enough of a reason to not try and jump back into the fray. She could only handle so much heartache.

"Same thing could be said for you. Take a chance to try again, try and rebuild - start fresh." Not with her... Though she wouldn't turn him away. Their history had pretty much closed in terms of a chapter in her life - this was just padding to fluff it out a little further. She didn't know what he had going on in terms of possible new romances and the longer she thought about it - the worse she felt for never following up on that side of his life. So much of her job was worrying about peoples basic needs, love didn't tend to come into the mix.

Her voice softens, attempting to bring some levity back into the conversation - get it away from the serious direction it was taking. The way it could dig up some things and questions she wasn't sure she had an answer for. "Or we could say screw it and run away."