[And Davesprite heaves a deep, frustrated sigh. He's not surprised at this juncture, not after the other questions she's dodged, but it sure doesn't ameliorate the situation.]
I'm not going to stop following you just because you decided to stop talking.
[He'll be her stubborn tagger-on until the bitter end, if he has to. Doesn't matter that he doesn't know her; he didn't save John's ungrateful ass just to go nope, never mind, go get yourself killed when some other teen tries it on him. He'd be responsible. They found the message together, no one else, and if he tries to pass it off she'll be long gone before anyone else can do anything.]
their issues are just grating against each other like crazy and I love it
I'm not going to stop following you just because you decided to stop talking.
[He'll be her stubborn tagger-on until the bitter end, if he has to. Doesn't matter that he doesn't know her; he didn't save John's ungrateful ass just to go nope, never mind, go get yourself killed when some other teen tries it on him. He'd be responsible. They found the message together, no one else, and if he tries to pass it off she'll be long gone before anyone else can do anything.]