[It makes her stomach turn over, that he's... happy to be here, because she's here. And Rachel knew Jesse well enough to know that he wasn't lying.]
It's never a choice to be kind when someone needs it. Sometimes that's all you have in the entire world.
[It's quiet, but she does lean into his side, a little more. Rachel knows he doesn't particularly care what they think of him, but Rachel does, because Rachel knows what it's like to be tossed aside without a second thought, and it hurts.
Maybe it's just a confidence issue on her part, she muses, but all the same.]
offline;
It's never a choice to be kind when someone needs it. Sometimes that's all you have in the entire world.
[It's quiet, but she does lean into his side, a little more. Rachel knows he doesn't particularly care what they think of him, but Rachel does, because Rachel knows what it's like to be tossed aside without a second thought, and it hurts.
Maybe it's just a confidence issue on her part, she muses, but all the same.]