Hayley stared at him. It couldn't be that easy; it was never that easy. Either Clark hadn't really forgiven her or there was something she was missing and she couldn't for the life of her piece together what it might be. The idea of his being hurt about being called on his lies never crossed her mind.

"No," she replied, frowning. "I mean, I want to be okay but we both know we can't go back to the way we were and it's not that easy, so we have to.. talk about it, or whatever."

This entire situation was strange for her and fighting to talk about it more when he said it was okay was possibly the last thing she had pictured herself doing in this scenario. But it didn't feel okay.

"I'm not afraid of you," she blurted out, surprised at her own desperation. "I flinched because you reminded me of someone. ..And I don't want to talk about it, but it- It's not you, okay?"