Ali looked at Jim through the tears in her eyes and she could see the emotions that were running through his mind. "I know it's a lot to get hit with at one time and I'm sorry for that." She didn't really know what else to say after that so moved on to his question.<br/><br/>"She thinks that I slept with him because I was jealous, which isn't true, if I would've known who was behind the blindfold, nothing would have ever happened. I've told her, but she said she doesn't care."<br/><br/>"Thank you and yeah, I know there were probably better options, but I was 15 and all I could think about was not wanting to leave Bree. The money issue didn't even matter to me." She smiled just slightly.<br/><br/>"That's why I'm giving her time so when she wants to talk, I'll be there and I know it'll probably be the hardest thing I've ever done, but I don't want that life anymore. I'm working on it." Ali closed her eyes, for just a second, before looking at Jim. "I couldn't handle anything more than a friend right now and coffee would be great, thanks." She wasn't even thinking in terms of more than a friend, Ali just wanted someone to talk to and it was easy to talk to Jim. She took his hand lightly and followed him to his car.