She watched him play with the lighter, trying to figure out why his question seemed to make her insides shift and dance. Taken aback. That was it.
What did she want? It had taken a lot of time and effort to carefully construct a mask of I Don't Care.
"I can't say it's a dream of mine. But I think about stopping and, I don't think I can." Holly bunched her sleeves over her hands. "And I hate not being able to do something, so I just pretend that I won't. Won't is different than can't."
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on 2013-09-17 07:18 pm (UTC)What did she want? It had taken a lot of time and effort to carefully construct a mask of I Don't Care.
"I can't say it's a dream of mine. But I think about stopping and, I don't think I can." Holly bunched her sleeves over her hands. "And I hate not being able to do something, so I just pretend that I won't. Won't is different than can't."