"Nobody said anything's gotta happen here." Jesse assured her. He wasn't sure if she was even referring to him personally, but he wanted her to know that though he'd made comments on the fact, he wasn't expecting it, nor was he going to force the issue. "Friends hold each other, too."
He hadn't been unfaithful to anyone, either. But he'd had more than a few one night stands. But he always did appreciate and care about each of them, as he'd told her. It was just a part of how he worked.
"Not a bad thing to be like that, you know. Actually probably a lot more to it than being a person who can just sleep with a different person each night. Not like it takes a lot of character to do that." Yes, he was talking about himself. He knew what it looked like. He wasn't that dumb. "Ain't nothin to fault yourself over. You care about somebody, that's a good thing. You'll never stop lovin him, I don't think. I don't believe love just goes away like that. If you want to move on, though, that's somethin you gotta figure out how to do. Won't be easy. I had a girl before I got brought to this place. Went through a lot of hell to be with her and keep her around. Tulip. But I got here, discovered what went on. Found out I wasn't gettin out anytime soon. I couldn't hold onto that old life after a while. And I ain't seen her here once. I coulda been waitin for her for years with nothin to show for it. Not sayin it's the same for you. He did show once, after all."
Jesse poured himself more Jack. "Big red haired bastard, hm?"