Claire liked John because he tended to just cut through all that crap, no niceties, just honest and that was much the same as her. Although she could be polite when it was called for, she had the bedside manor after all. But people were so overly concerned with being nice, John wasn't and it made Claire feel like she could relax and just talk to him and then maybe actually get his point of view on it.
It must have been hard to find out that Kitty had been about to tie the knot, because she'd been sober for that, clearly chosen it. It made the situation with Peter look even more pointless and absurd. "But you two worked through it, because you wanted to. That's usually the key to most things. Wanting it."
Before Vegas she hadn't quite known where things might end up. They were into each other, but Claire didn't have any great expectations of him. They'd be what they were but they needed to know where they stood with each other now. John was right she either had to be ready to let it go, or she needed to go.
"I just worry they got drunk and did something they secretly wanted to do, you know? Sometimes alcohol is to blame for something they maybe wanted all along."