So. At least some of this boils down to heartbreak (or at least heartbruise) after all.
"Scorpius. Hon. Listen to me."
Parker scoots closer so that, even at such an odd angle, she can look Scorpius in the eye.
"This stuff that you're talking about? It's not stupidity. Or idiocy. It's just....growing up. It royally sucks a lot of the time. And it's the hardest, most confusing thing you are ever going to do in your life. I don't care if you're Einstein crossed with that guy who won all those round on Jeopardy, it's hard to figure out."
She's in her twenties. And while she knows a hell of a lot more now than she did at sixteen, there are still things that need figuring out sometimes.
"So.....," she adds, venturing into what she realizes is territory that might get her shut down. "You like a guy?"
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"Oh."
So. At least some of this boils down to heartbreak (or at least heartbruise) after all.
"Scorpius. Hon. Listen to me."
Parker scoots closer so that, even at such an odd angle, she can look Scorpius in the eye.
"This stuff that you're talking about? It's not stupidity. Or idiocy. It's just....growing up. It royally sucks a lot of the time. And it's the hardest, most confusing thing you are ever going to do in your life. I don't care if you're Einstein crossed with that guy who won all those round on Jeopardy, it's hard to figure out."
She's in her twenties. And while she knows a hell of a lot more now than she did at sixteen, there are still things that need figuring out sometimes.
"So.....," she adds, venturing into what she realizes is territory that might get her shut down. "You like a guy?"
She wouldn't have called that one.