She swallows and goes very still and quiet, because his being on edge puts her in a similar state. He's always so bold and chaotic, that seeing this quiet concern makes her slip into an anxious state. Her eyes are peeled for any sign of danger, and she's suddenly filled with embarrassment because she's so completely clueless and stupid.
But she thinks she can make up for that by finding the pump controls, so she just nods and hurries inside as quietly as she can. The problem for her is that she's getting more worldly and learning a lot, but she's only been free from the life she was trapped in for about a month. Maybe a little less, time is pretty meaningless to her now. But her mess up with being excited about another gang's tagging hangs heavy in her mind, and she keeps replaying how differently she could've made that moment by just picking up on clues and being more useful right away.
She finds the pump controls in a small closet near the register, and it doesn't take her too long to get things up and going. Once she's sure they're on, she jogs back out to him and tries to show that she's not a complete lost cause by being the one that starts pumping the gas.]
Sorry about before. [She speaks quietly, once she manages to figure out how to get the gas pump working.] It was really stupid to ask that and not realize you were tense about something.
[He's still a little tense, actually, so she bites at her lip and lets it rest there.]
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She swallows and goes very still and quiet, because his being on edge puts her in a similar state. He's always so bold and chaotic, that seeing this quiet concern makes her slip into an anxious state. Her eyes are peeled for any sign of danger, and she's suddenly filled with embarrassment because she's so completely clueless and stupid.
But she thinks she can make up for that by finding the pump controls, so she just nods and hurries inside as quietly as she can. The problem for her is that she's getting more worldly and learning a lot, but she's only been free from the life she was trapped in for about a month. Maybe a little less, time is pretty meaningless to her now. But her mess up with being excited about another gang's tagging hangs heavy in her mind, and she keeps replaying how differently she could've made that moment by just picking up on clues and being more useful right away.
She finds the pump controls in a small closet near the register, and it doesn't take her too long to get things up and going. Once she's sure they're on, she jogs back out to him and tries to show that she's not a complete lost cause by being the one that starts pumping the gas.]
Sorry about before. [She speaks quietly, once she manages to figure out how to get the gas pump working.] It was really stupid to ask that and not realize you were tense about something.
[He's still a little tense, actually, so she bites at her lip and lets it rest there.]
Do you think they've noticed us here?