The abruptness of her goodbye startled him. Was it something he'd said? How could acknowledging that they were both having trouble sleeping have caused her to want to leave so suddenly? Unless there was something more going on that she didn't want to talk to him about.
He probably should have just let her go, but he felt a sudden rush of sadness and frustration and — longing, there was no better word for it than longing. They didn't talk about anything real anymore and he felt as if they had just been so close to saying something meaningful, and to have been so close and then see her standing up to leave — to see that chance slipping away again.
"Jo, wait," he protested, getting to his feet as well. "Don't."
He probably should have just let her go, but he felt a sudden rush of sadness and frustration and — longing, there was no better word for it than longing. They didn't talk about anything real anymore and he felt as if they had just been so close to saying something meaningful, and to have been so close and then see her standing up to leave — to see that chance slipping away again.
"Jo, wait," he protested, getting to his feet as well. "Don't."
MJ made the most Alfredy of sets and then two years later she made it EVEN BETTER