[ she gets it. that's what makes all of this so hard, at least for her. she doesn't want to argue things with peter because she really and truly does understand where he's coming from. she doesn't want to push him into hoping for something if it's not certain.

he's already had to go through the fallout of that. she doesn't have any right. ]

I love you too. [ that's never going to change on her part, either. she just wants him to be happy. and maybe that's stupid. ] I'm not trying to make things worse for you.

But I'm not giving up on the idea of us being together, either.