Kristina: Hey.
Ethan: Hi. What do you think about genetics?
Kristina: Excuse me?
Ethan: I mean, how big a role do you think they play? Take me, for example. I'm pretty sure I'm not an alcoholic. But I'm constantly being reminded on how I'll probably become one. I mean, if genetics rule, then I'm screwed. 'Cause my grandfather was a drunk, Lucky's a drug addict, and Luke just got hauled away to a forced rehab.
Kristina: It that why you're talking like this?
Ethan: Well, it's been on my mind for a while now. This is just the first time I've actually let myself say it out loud. I mean, the smart thing to do would be to quit while I'm ahead. Right? But on the other hand, what's the point of being alive if you're not going to enjoy it, if you cower in fear of everything? I don't know. I guess I won't figure it out tonight, eh?
Kristina: My sister and my brothers say that I'm the most like my dad. I fly off the handle too fast. I hold grudges. I'm not sure if that's a compliment. It doesn't feel like one. In fact, I'm scared to see my father in me sometimes.
Ethan: See, it's the opposite with me. I loved the fact that Luke and I were so similar, even before I knew he was my father. I--I kicked around on my own for so long that I had forgotten what it was like to feel at home somewhere, to feel like you have somewhere you belong. And here I not only found that, but I found someone I looked up to. And now, all that's changing. Not my love for Luke, but the certainty that I want to be like him.
Kristina: No offense, but...maybe you hero-worshipped Luke, and so you used to see him as better than he was. And when he let you down, now you see him as worse.
Ethan: All I know is that I don't want to look in a mirror in 40 years and watch myself disappear. I feel like my entire world is being ripped away from me once again. You know, I'm 15 and the people I trust the most have just been taken away from me. And I'm alone, and I have no one to turn to, and I can feel myself slipping away. Like I don't know who I am, and I am terrified of what I'm going to become.
Kristina not sure what to say in that moment, moved from where she was seated at the bar, placing one hand on the back of his head and the other on his back. She pulled him closer,wanting to convey comfort. He held her as close as their bodies could be.
"You'll always have me and you'll never be alone again, you have my word on that"
He pulled her tighter in that moment inhaling her comforting scent. He felt his heart start to pound at her words, he pulled away lightly before staring into her comforting eyes. he then did something that could only be described as impulsive, he leaned forward and lightly captured her lips into his. The sensual aurora overtook them as their lips stayed locked on each others for a hand full of minutes. He knew in that moment, she wasn't going to leave his life so easily, she knew his bad and good sides and still stuck around even with the warnings from her family. She was his person and he was hers for life
