[ He sucks in a breath and sets the margarita down as he listens to Tony's lecture about why he should stick up for himself and admittedly he hadn't really thought about it in that light but at the same time it wasn't like he couldn't just deal with it so he's still not sure why it matters so much. ]
Because I don't care, okay? It just doesn't bother me like it used to. Yeah, I could stand up for myself and put a stop to it, but what then? Who do they move onto? What do people start to think of me? And besides, we all know how my life works-if it's going good it's about to go bad and being a scapegoat is also just another way of me protecting someone that might not be able to handle it-someone that decides to bring a gun someday. So I decided I'd just deal with it-ignore it where I could but deal with it otherwise.
But she's seven, and no seven year old should have to deal with that-I shouldn't have had to deal with that but I did. And because I did I don't want anyone else to have to deal with it.
We're in agreement with Alice, but Peter, the point I'm making is it's not all about you. You think you can go solo here and take all the hurt that might have gone to someone else and protect everyone.
That's not what happens. We're hurt because you're hurt. There are times you can't help that, but is this one of those times?
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[ He sucks in a breath and sets the margarita down as he listens to Tony's lecture about why he should stick up for himself and admittedly he hadn't really thought about it in that light but at the same time it wasn't like he couldn't just deal with it so he's still not sure why it matters so much. ]
Because I don't care, okay? It just doesn't bother me like it used to. Yeah, I could stand up for myself and put a stop to it, but what then? Who do they move onto? What do people start to think of me? And besides, we all know how my life works-if it's going good it's about to go bad and being a scapegoat is also just another way of me protecting someone that might not be able to handle it-someone that decides to bring a gun someday. So I decided I'd just deal with it-ignore it where I could but deal with it otherwise.
But she's seven, and no seven year old should have to deal with that-I shouldn't have had to deal with that but I did. And because I did I don't want anyone else to have to deal with it.
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That's not what happens. We're hurt because you're hurt. There are times you can't help that, but is this one of those times?