Whoa, I was just teasing you-- [ Except she wasn't and she knows he knows she wasn't. Her chat with Jaden has made her insecure all over again. The teachers here were shameless about their involvement with students, why couldn't Z be too?

She'll realize later that it makes him a better person than those other teachers, in a way. She lets out an exhausted breath and lays back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling so she doesn't have to look at him or face his frustration with her own, reasonable frustration.

She waves her fingers in the air like a conductor of some invisible orchestra, her lips drawn into something close to a frown.]

No one here cares, yanno. But I know you do so I'll shut up. 's fine. 's totally fine.