“ the fear won’t go away , but i can keep it at bay . ” - From Matt
“JUST STOP IT.” She didn’t want to hear it that night; she’d closed the door on him for a REASON, and it hadn’t been to invite him to climb her fire escape. But Matt had done just that, and she had glared at him when he’d pushed her window open before turning her back on the man climbing back into the room he’d just been kicked out of.
Before he could say another word, a bubble of anger popped and Becky grabbed a pencil and threw it at him, wishing he hadn’t come back, wishing he had let her wallow, wishing he’d gotten the hint that she was too broken and too ANGRY to be good for any good upstate boy with upstanding parents.
“You can’t keep shit at bay,” she replied, angry at him for his poetic words, for his face, for his height he’d had to fold in order to fit through the window. She was mad at everything about him because she was mad at EVERYTHING.
She stalked up to him, jerking her chin up to look at him. “The war is over, but that means nothing,” she spat. “Not a thing. So get out.”