Beth leans her head against his shoulder and Nate tips his head back, slings an arm around her shoulders to pull her in. He doesn't know what he did to deserve a friend like Beth, someone who's been here for him since day one, but he's grateful for her. For all that he teases her about being a kid, he's pretty sure she's smarter and more mature than he'll ever be, than most people he knows.
It's why he doesn't just immediately push her away when she tells him to tell Chloe how he feels. He doesn't respond straight away either, mulling the thought over in his head. He knows that it's a conversation they're going to have to have now, after everything Chloe said on the brink of unconsciousness. They've danced around it for months, but it's finally time for things to come up, he just doesn't know how to do it.
He still doesn't know what to say to her. Nate knows how he feels, knows it had been even more solidified when he'd watched her fall through that floor, been terrified that he was going to lose her. It had taken the same thing to spur him into action with Elena, and Nate doesn't know that he likes the fact that it apparently takes a near death experience for him to get his shit together, but that's where it stands. He's still worried though, about her running away, leaving him alone in another bed when he wakes up, even after all of this.
They've never stopped to consider what they are to each other, and he knows there's always going to be the Elena complication. He's still technically married, though it becomes a thing that seems further away with every day he remains in Darrow. He doesn't know what would happen if Elena turned up here, he honestly doesn't, but he knows Chloe would expect him to go back to her. The interesting thing is that he doesn't know if that's the case, not anymore.
"I think I love her," he says to Beth, and it's the first time he's said the words aloud, but once they're out he can't take them back. He finds he doesn't want to, either. "What are you supposed to do with a thing like that?"
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It's why he doesn't just immediately push her away when she tells him to tell Chloe how he feels. He doesn't respond straight away either, mulling the thought over in his head. He knows that it's a conversation they're going to have to have now, after everything Chloe said on the brink of unconsciousness. They've danced around it for months, but it's finally time for things to come up, he just doesn't know how to do it.
He still doesn't know what to say to her. Nate knows how he feels, knows it had been even more solidified when he'd watched her fall through that floor, been terrified that he was going to lose her. It had taken the same thing to spur him into action with Elena, and Nate doesn't know that he likes the fact that it apparently takes a near death experience for him to get his shit together, but that's where it stands. He's still worried though, about her running away, leaving him alone in another bed when he wakes up, even after all of this.
They've never stopped to consider what they are to each other, and he knows there's always going to be the Elena complication. He's still technically married, though it becomes a thing that seems further away with every day he remains in Darrow. He doesn't know what would happen if Elena turned up here, he honestly doesn't, but he knows Chloe would expect him to go back to her. The interesting thing is that he doesn't know if that's the case, not anymore.
"I think I love her," he says to Beth, and it's the first time he's said the words aloud, but once they're out he can't take them back. He finds he doesn't want to, either. "What are you supposed to do with a thing like that?"