At first? That's what Rhi thought she wanted as well. A complete break. But it only made things harder to deal with. No matter how hurt she was, how furious she was at Leney and Nate, she needed them. They were two of the people who knew her best. She still had plenty of people in her life, but nothing felt right without them. She and Marlene had, more or less, eased back into things pretty easily. They still fought, Rhi was still bitter, but for the most part they were okay. Things with Nate were much more difficult. And she didn't want them to be. She really didn't.
Thing was? It may have hurt at first if he'd tried to force himself into her life, but it hurt even more knowing he wasn't even attempting to keep her around. That killed her. And she'd come up with all these explanations for why things were like this just because they were the only things that really made sense in her head. She needed to make logic out of why he seemingly wanted nothing to do with her and this was the only reason that fit: she really meant nothing to him.
She...honestly had no answer for that. Not a logical one, anyway. This just was and no explanation was needed. "What does it matter, why? I do. Things didn't work out the way I wanted them to. That doesn't mean I don't want them to work out at all!" She bit down on her bottom lip. She wasn't going to cry in front of him. She wasn't. Rhiannon Mondale didn't cry. End of story. She crossed her arms awkwardly in front of her. "I thought you, of all people, would know that the things that make the most sense aren't typically the things that happen."
God dammit. So now when she actually needed to be away from him, he wasn't letting go. What awesome timing, Nate! Luckily enough for him, she needed to get away but she didn't want to. "Why? Why now? What difference could it possibly make? I've given up. I'm done. And now you decide that you want me around?" She felt her eyes start to water but she blinked and looked away from him so it wouldn't show. At least not too much. "Your life is perfect now. You don't need me anymore."