He had always been so earnest, so true that Sloane believed him, even if it sounded crazy. She wasn't the same person he had met; she lived an entirely different lifestyle, she wasn't even eighteen yet, she had a whole life she needed to sort out again. It was overwhelming and it felt impossible, but Sloane supposed she could use a friend through it all. Because to him, she had existed in that year she was gone from her normal life. Jeremy had been there throughout most of it, it was proof she hadn't just been gone, like she was to everyone else. Sloane needed that lifeline to cling to. Hopefully she would be able to blend the two together and it would be easier if she had pieces of both sides.

The contact of his hands on hers and the gentle caress at her face had her smiling. "I'm going to need time, a lot of it." Sloane admitted and though she believed him when he said he intended to keep his promise, the circumstances had changed and she wasn't sure she could follow through on her end. She couldn't blame him if he didn't want to wait, especially when she could make no guarantees that it would work out in his favor. "There's so much to figure out, I don't even know where to start, but my family has to come first." They had suffered the most and needed her the most. Sloane had to figure herself out at the same time. There was so much to sort through that she simply couldn't add Jeremy into the mix yet. "I don't know what that means in the long run, but I'm willing to try." That was all she could do.