His words really were killing her. How had she ever hoped to avoid this? She'd thought about it, too, had a plan for when she met the other him... but she'd never counted on her him ending up here. And suddenly everything in the past long year of her life was pressing in on her and it was all she could do to not fall over right then and there.

"Why are you doing this to me?" she whispered, her face crumbling before she could turn away. "You're so sure you know what's gonna happen, so why are you ASKING ME for the BLOODY DETAILS?!" Her voice had risen steadily until she was nearly screaming at him. Was he still so very dense that he couldn't see past himself? She'd remembered how self-centered they'd both been at the beginning, but had it really been this bad?