[Christine looks honestly confused by Stephen's shock.]

I mean, yeah. When I was younger, I got invited to a couple of things, but that's just because girls had to invite all the girls in their class to stuff. Around middle school... I started eating lunch in the library while reading Shakespeare. I tried to get involved, sometimes, but I, I'd get too excitable. Or awkward. And I'd say or do things people didn't get... I mean, it didn't really bug me, I was busy with drama club... Except it bothered me a lot? And I didn't know how to... fix me.

[She isn't sure why she's pouring her heart out about this now, but it's not exactly surprising that she wouldn't be able to stop herself from talking now. She digs her heels into the ground, as if trying to physically halt herself, but it fails.]

Everyone in the club was nice to me, but they all moved on from it eventually. When Jeremy joined, I thought for a second it'd just be the two of us... and, and I didn't mind? Because he, I thought he actually listened to me. He didn't care that I was too emotional or too passionate. I thought, maybe he liked that?