This whole meeting half-way thing is going to take some time. That shouldn't be a shocker.
He turns back, and Max almost expects him to argue with her, so his words surprise her, again, but it feels like compromise, enough. The part of her that still doesn't trust Billy considers tucking her pill in between her teeth and cheek in case he tricks her, but she stops. That's not going to help them, is it?
"Okay. We show under our tongues, and the sides, in our cheeks. And I swear to God, Billy, if you don't take this dumb little pill with me, I'm going to have trouble trusting you again for a while. You get that, right?" It is such a small thing, but it represents more than that, for her.
She shows the pill in her hand, then pops it in her mouth and watches to make sure Billy does the same - she hasn't swallowed, yet.
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He turns back, and Max almost expects him to argue with her, so his words surprise her, again, but it feels like compromise, enough. The part of her that still doesn't trust Billy considers tucking her pill in between her teeth and cheek in case he tricks her, but she stops. That's not going to help them, is it?
"Okay. We show under our tongues, and the sides, in our cheeks. And I swear to God, Billy, if you don't take this dumb little pill with me, I'm going to have trouble trusting you again for a while. You get that, right?" It is such a small thing, but it represents more than that, for her.
She shows the pill in her hand, then pops it in her mouth and watches to make sure Billy does the same - she hasn't swallowed, yet.