"But I want you. I do!" Megan snapped her head up, thinking that maybe Nicky didn't know or understand how much she liked him. Maybe she should have stopped to think before this all happened. Now Megan just felt like the worst sort of person in the world. She liked Nicky so much, but that didn't mean she stopped caring about Stan.
Why couldn't he just come over and hug her? Megan felt better when Nicky was touching her and hugging her. "He'll hate me," she said in a worried tone.