"Hey, it's the least I can do, after all the help you've given me. I don't know what I'd do without you. You're the one person who just accepts me for what I am now. I know that most of the people around me have good intentions, but I sometimes just need to be given some space."
He sighed, and ran his fingers through his hair. "Wow. I bitched for a while. We're almost there."