"Because it's worked so well in the past." He grumbles bitterly. She's insisted she'd try before and he knows he can't ask anything more, but it's hard to not think of 'trying' as an empty promise. His shoulders slump and he sighs.

"I'm sorry. I'm just... I'm tired."
Between long hours split between work and classes and now this, he's physically and emotionally drained. He's always a special brand of asshole when he's like this... bitchy and cynical.

"I know you'll try, Allison. And I know it's not always going to be easy."