This feels like its gotten away from me a little. I'm still trying to get my footing back on the shift from 'hey, kissing is swell,' to sudden drama that I'm not entirely clued into, although I've enough second-hand knowledge to have some theories.

"I don't entirely know what's going on but I understand you have to go do a thing," I say, waving her on. "You'll come back, yeah? Go talk him down, do what you need to do."