You should be doing more? [ « Really? Hasn't he done enough already? No one... no one else has done what he's done for me. Accepted me, and you, together. Believed what happened in Ordinary. He even brought us back into the story. What more could he do? » ] Alan... you've done more for me than most people ever have. Maybe even ever will.

[ « I have the feeling that it's not just nothing. »

She won't poke or prod, but, she'll suggest he get something for it. An ice pack--something. Once they've rested. Rest will help more than anything for the pair of them for the moment. She knows she's gone non-stop since they reached Bright Falls... and Alan probably hasn't had a real moment to just rest since he arrived from the Dark Place.

How did he get out?

Jesse falls in line with the kiss with a sense of ease and practice. Why shouldn't she? They've done it so many times already. The loop she can barely remember but knows exists... time in the Motel. Reality would say this should be their first time really together, but it's not true. Reality as people remember it tends to be not the most accurate thing as it is.

She has to break for air, but keeps her forehead to his and her lips close to his. If this is all they did for the rest of the afternoon? That would be fine with her. They haven't had the chance to reconnect on this level. Not just kissing and--other things--but as them. There's been moments, but the call to action interrupted both times the night before.

And he's been awake. Here. Home. ]

Thank you. [ She says it again, barely above a whisper, letting the sound move over him. He may not need to hear it once more. Still, she wants to make certain he understands how much it means to her. ] Welcome home, Alan.

[ She's welcomed him back already. The night before. Still, she wants to say it again now that it really is just the two of them. ]