Steph's irritation had lingered somewhat from the brief encounter she had just taken part in, and she looked at Ethan as he - once again, - gave her the option of leaving him.
"Of course I'm sure!" She said, then paused, thinking her voice had come out a wee bit too harsh that time. "Sorry. It's just, if I was going to have second thoughts about being friends with you, I wouldn't have tried in the first place." She added, glancing at her feet as they walked along the school halls, still crowded by people, though the majority were ignoring Steph and Ethan - thankfully.
Despite the fact that she was now no longer surrounded by girls, that she had lost that sort of protection, she felt like she had been given more freedom now. In fact, as Ethan said, she would most likely be more of a target for the bitches and their dumb jock boyfriends in the school - but she didn't care. It seemed worth it, for Ethan's new found friendship. Realizing this fully, she looked back into Ethan's sky-blue eyes and smiled - a proper smile, not like the shy ones she had given him before. A new realm of possibilities lay before her, and somehow her reality wasn't as bad as it had been before. However, that didn't make her fantasy worlds any less tempting - she would just prefer to share them with Ethan. Oh, if only he could Disconnect...