Roland was relieved that he stopped Avery before she could head out and not come back, but then realizing that he had grabbed her arm in the attempt to stop her, and seeing her reaction as he was hurting her in doing so, felt to him that it was necessary in order to get her attention before leaving. She yelled for him to let go and said to him that she’ll just go to the park and stay the night there, but Roland wasn’t going to let her. Afterwards, she pushed his hand off of her arm and gripped it from the aftermath of pain that arose, and he began to feel bad for what he had done to her. [i]“Sorry.”[/i] said Roland, for that was all he could really say.

She then began to talk of how she felt screwed up and kept talking down about herself. She kept rambling on how other people would call her names and tell her that she just needs to die, and aware of what they think as well. As for Roland, he never thought that she was a freak or anything else in the matter, but just as a person in need of help from a horrible predicament that seemed to only get worse with each day. He too has had troubles in the past as well, stuff that he grew from that made him stronger as a person, so he only hoped that he could use what he had learned to win over Avery and make her see what needs to be done in order for peace to come back into her life. 

[i]“Don’t listen to any of them.” [/i]said Roland as he tried to find the right words to make Avery feel better and hope that she will let him help her out of the mess she is in. [i]“It doesn’t matter what they think because they don’t know the truth. The only thing that matters right now is that you are safe and away from the abusiveness.”[/i] Roland walked up to her and placed both of his hands onto her shoulders as he was trying to make her feel better yet again.

[i]“You keep talking down about yourself like you shouldn’t even exist, or that you should just drop dead and no one will even notice or care, but it ain’t true. Nothing or what anyone says out there matters. The thing that matters most is that your ok and away from all of that.” [/i]A small indication of a smile formed on Roland’s face as he continued to lift Avery’s spirits up. [i]“Whatever problems you are having, I promise you I’ll help you in any way possible and assure you that you won’t face them alone.”[/i]

[i]“Even if you are a little stubborn.”[/i] Roland said while he giggled as he was in high hopes that what he was saying was working.