For a moment, Lydia doesn't answer, but her chin lifts in a non-commital half-nod. It's not fair for her not to answer that question when he's been so open with less savory information about himself than he probably would've liked on a first date. "Probably, yes," she agrees after a moment, pressing her lips together. "I wasn't good enough or fast enough...and I was weak, and because of me, my best friend was killed. So yeah," she says quietly, calmly, because if he's going to be honest and open then so is she. "I'd like to think that I won't have to suffer the guilt of that for the rest of my life, especially because I know she wouldn't want me to."
It's why she's volunteering giving the self-defense class as the women's center. Allison would've done that and now that Lydia knows how, she's doing it. Beyond that, on a bigger scope, it's why she's here. Her wish is for Beacon Hills to be a safe place again. Maybe it never had been, but no one told her that she needed to change her wish, so Lydia is inclined to think that they're willing to grant it if she's here long enough doing what she needs to do long enough.
...it's also why she's signed herself up for this match thing, even though if you ask Lydia, she doesn't need any help getting laid. Maybe this way, because she's participating in a community thing on top of connecting with another person and, if she's especially lucky, also getting laid instead of just going off and doing it on her own, she'll get brownie points, so to speak.
"Me too," she says with a small smile that falls short of her eyes when Baby looks down. "That's why I'm here, too, I mean. So at least you're in good company with the works in progress, huh?"
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It's why she's volunteering giving the self-defense class as the women's center. Allison would've done that and now that Lydia knows how, she's doing it. Beyond that, on a bigger scope, it's why she's here. Her wish is for Beacon Hills to be a safe place again. Maybe it never had been, but no one told her that she needed to change her wish, so Lydia is inclined to think that they're willing to grant it if she's here long enough doing what she needs to do long enough.
...it's also why she's signed herself up for this match thing, even though if you ask Lydia, she doesn't need any help getting laid. Maybe this way, because she's participating in a community thing on top of connecting with another person and, if she's especially lucky, also getting laid instead of just going off and doing it on her own, she'll get brownie points, so to speak.
"Me too," she says with a small smile that falls short of her eyes when Baby looks down. "That's why I'm here, too, I mean. So at least you're in good company with the works in progress, huh?"