It counted for a lot. Reese knew she loved him. She knew how she felt long before he sorted out his own feelings. And maybe if he'd told her that he loved her she wouldn't have run off. It was hard saying. But it didn't matter all that much now. He was back at school, and it felt like he should stay here even after he got well.
"Yeah, I think we can.. and should." Wyatt would be better off, mostly because there were people here who could be trusted with secrets. They'd help look after him and take some of the burden off Reese. "But Peyton won't stay," he whispered so his sister couldn't hear him. "She misses it, but she won't admit it. She misses Lyle too."