You need to trust me, and you don’t yet. Which is perfectly reasonable. So here’s what I’m going to do: I’m not going to get angry at you over things you can’t control, or make you relive past hurts, or make you less than you want to be. Instead I’m going to be your friend. I’m going to support you. I’m going to flirt with you, and I’m going to do my damnedest not to hurt you. And when you trust me, if you decide you’ve changed your mind about the whole courting thing, you can let me know.”
