"My aunts cared way too much about what I did most of the time, since I was apparently a reflection on them. I swear, you make one super-embarrassing drunken wedding speech, and they never let you live it down," she responded with a rueful laugh.
"My feelings on letting you feed from me haven't changed. Even if it's just as an 'in case of emergency' type thing, I think it's good for you to have options, and I believed that even before all this happened." She thought it was important that he understood she was offering because she wanted to, and not out of some misplaced sense of obligation.
"You have no idea how glad it makes me to know I'm not the only one who got thrown by all this," she confessed. "I would never presume to know the depths of what you feel for Peter, and the importance he holds in your life and heart. And if I had to consider anyone my soulmate, it would be Nick, so I can definitely agree with you about this all being confusing," she shared, wanting to reassure him that she understood. "It's like, whatever Cupid did to us really messed with my head... it had me rethinking what I thought love was, and how what we had felt so different but in a good way. There was no drama, or second guessing... I felt safe with you, I still do. This room isn't all that big, but my bed feels massive and empty sleeping in it alone. And I kind of feel like an asshole, because I have no right to miss you, and yet..."