Jess could tell that things weren't exactly smoothed out when she said she couldn't tell him just yet. It hurt to see the hurt that was clearly there in his eyes. He was only one of two people left that she trusted, but it still didn't change the fact that she was afraid. Not so much that he would hurt her, but that he would push her away. That he'd call her a freak, a liar, attention whore. The same scenarios that have played out in her head for the past six or seven years. Even more so after she learned the truth about herself. He was one of her brothers as far as she cared. When he simply hit play on the movie, she curled up on the opposite end of the couch, only barely watching the movie. 

When it ended, and Nathan asked what she wanted to do next, she froze again. [color=FF3030]"I think... I think I can tell you the truth. I am scared of telling you because you're practically my brother, and I've lost too much family lately. I'm not sure if I can lose anyone else. I... I'm t... I'm still too scared of losing you to say it."[/color] she said as she sat up and pulled her knees to her chest. [color=FF3030]"Promise me you still be there for me, please. [/color] she finally managed to say, her voice barely holding out to tell him. It was much the same way when she told her parents, being so scared to tell them, and making them promise to still have her back before she could work up the nerve to tell them.