It was cool outside but Fiona welcomed it, letting it brace her and calm her thoughts, cold was good for that, giving clarity. She leaned a touch closer then normal on his arm wanting the comfort of his closeness and the fact that he would protect her. At least so far as the Teahouse interest's went and perhaps more. They were friends, weren't they? She could tell him what happened without it seeming like she was carrying tales? Her aquamarine eyes lingered on his profile as he stared up at the sky; it would be so much easier to focus on him rather then herself.<br/><br/>But she had promised to never lie to him, and she knew that she couldn't break that promise, even by omission. With a sigh she pulled away from him to give into the restless energy that bubbled through her and pace the garden path they had paused on grateful for the shadows and the quiet that lingered around them.<br/><br/>"I..she was angry earlier when I went to the gazebo. So she tormented me, at least I think she meant to. She mocked my views of..well all of this." she gestured toward the building behind her, her expression fighting to keep hidden just how confused she was. "She..." Fiona bit down on her lower lip, her hands pressing into her abdomen as if to stop the wretched feeling that was welling inside her. "She didn't know about William but she made comments about how he had abandoned me, I don't think she could have known just how much that hurt but the comments about my father loathing what I do and...then she touched me, said she didn't love me, that she would show me what it meant to be a whore."<br/><br/>The redhead glanced at him and then away again, out at the garden remembering how it had felt to have Zara touch her, that demanding kiss, the bite on her lip. There had been desire there but how much of that was because she hadn't known how to react any other way to such touches? "I don't want to bring it to Master Ryan, that will just upset him and make me seem...weak but I just don't know what to do. Mayhap I should just stay in my room save for when I'm called for."