I8DT - Chloe, Lucy (and Simon?)

[Simon Kipling]

"Chloe, you are... a girl of extremes." Simon sighed, rubbing his forehead. "Either you are madly in love with me, or all I do is bring you pain and anger. There doesn't see to be an in-between. I can't rush into this because as we are right now; no matter how long I try to keep that high going that just means that somewhere down the line things will shift even more drastically to a terrible low. I mean... Christ, Chloe, we're still kids. I can't even drink back home. I can't be thinking about marriage and mortgages and raising a family. I've got school and student loans and saving the world and a job to worry about. Well, had a job. And you've got those things to think about too."

Simon sat down on the coffee table. "I just... if you don't start being more relaxed about this and just letting things happen one of us is going to have a heart attack."

[Chloe Grant]

"I know, Simon." Chloe said "I don't want a house and marriage and babies right away. But I do want them someday, and I do want them with you. We don't have to be there, but I want us to be heading in that direction. I thought you felt the same."

[Simon Kipling]

"I don't know what I want yet." Simon replied. "And I think that's in part because I'm not sure you do either. I don't know if what you think you want and what you really want are the same thing."

[Chloe Grant]

"Simon, I am sure." Chloe said "I love you, and it feels right and you want to be with me and you aren't a creeper. Why wouldn't I want to spend the rest of my life with you?"

[Simon Kipling]

"That's a good question." Simon said, as though that answered anything.

[Chloe Grant]

"The only reason I can think of is that you don't want to be with me." Chloe said carefully.

[Simon Kipling]

"There are times when I don't." Simon admitted. "But most of the time, I do. I just don't know if how I feel now, I'll always feel. It's too early yet."

[Chloe Grant]

Chloe looked down for a long moment, and then looked up at Simon "I thought you were different, Simon. I'm sorry."

[Simon Kipling]

"What do you mean by different?" Simon asked. "I care for you, I want to be with you. I'm just not ready to say that I'm one hundred percent sure I want us to spend the rest of our lives together. We haven't even been together for a year.

"Chloe, before you came along I never had a relationship that lasted more than three months at a time. Being grounded is still pretty new to me. I need time to adapt."

[Chloe Grant]

"Yes, but do you want to adapt? Or are you just making time, using me until you decide to move on to greener pastures?"

[Simon Kipling]

"Of course I want to settle down someday." Simon said. "I don't want to be some slimy bachelor my whole life."

"Do you really think I'm just using you?"

[Chloe Grant]

"I think that you aren't sure what you want."

[Simon Kipling]

"And I'm not so certain that you know what you want either, Chloe." Simon said in a somewhat sad tone.

[Chloe Grant]

"Will you please stop trying to tell me what I think?" Chloe snapped "I was certain, until you started talking like this. Now? I'm starting to change my mind."

[Simon Kipling]

"Well you can't blame me for being hesitant or doubtful, can you?" Simon stood up. "I know you've had stuff messing with your head when it happened but you've still... done things. And I feel terrible for not trusting you completely but I still have those doubts. And until I can come to terms with that I really can't move forward, otherwise they'll always be there. I don't want to go through this relationship and not trust you, and that's something I know that I need to work on."

[Chloe Grant]

"You're still blaming me for what I did when I was a bloody werewolf? After I don't say a word when you spend the night with Will as your pyjamas? And before you say anything, I know that nothing happened. Because I trust you!"

[Simon Kipling]

"I'm not blaming you!" Simon shouted. "But I'm not going to lie to you and say that I don't think about it. And it's not just the werewolf thing Chloe. I know I said I was alright with that kiss but that was going at a slow pace, not full speed ahead. I don't want to have these doubt in the back of my mind and I feel bad for having them but I'll at least be honest with you about them.

"I'm not going to try and defend myself for what happened with Will. I have no idea whose idea it was, I was drunk, and it was weird."

[Chloe Grant]

"So you expect me for getting drunk and having a almost married man pressed against your crotch all night, and you don't forgive me for one thoughtless kiss?"

[Simon Kipling]

"I do forgive you Chloe. I just haven't forgotten, and I don't know how to feel until I have."

[Chloe Grant]

"What does that even mean?" Chloe asked "Either you forgive me, and you trust me, or you don't."