Re: FT: Sam A/Cris M
'Cause you thought I was gonna dump you, lo sé. I dunno that me rippin' a sink outta the wall counts as bein' 'cool and understandin',' but I guess I'm glad it worked then, huh? [He rubs his forehead again with rough fingers.] I'm not sayin' they don't got good shit when I'm sayin' otherwise. [Concession.] Well, maybe Neil. Pero, normally. I'm just pointin' something out. Like Daniel treatin' me different. It don't mean I want him to burn for eternity, nena. And when somebody says somethin' like that—I dunno. Let's say you tell me you're scareda Manning. Is what you wanna hear that he's a good guy and he'd never hurt you? Nah, you know that. It's not about that. That's true for me too. I just want you to validate what I'm sayin', and it feels invalidatin' when you then defend them, insteada actually seein' what I'm sayin'. [He blinks.] As a kid. With Pilar. At work. UC. Plentya times I hadta just—keep my mouth shut and my head down and say okay, 'cause I was too scared to do otherwise, ¿sabes? [He shakes his head back.] I know. And I'm always gonna choose you. But that don't change how you feel, does it? Sometimes I just have trouble bein' the odd one out, and nobody seems to get that.