[She looks up at him and can't help smiling at the confidence in his expression. Bart can be so oblivious and dumb sometimes, accepting her as she is. Yet that's part of the reason he's gotten as close to her as he has, because he hasn't already given up like most would.
Hayley drops her hands to wrap around his waist when he pulls her closer. They're the kind of actions she almost views objectively, calculates as things she's seen in media and witnessed of her friends. At the same time, they feel good. Maybe she doesn't have to play a role with him.
She tucks her head up in the crook beneath his chin, turning it enough so she can continue talking to him.] Forget the attack, Bart. It's not about that. It's about Lex and Jason and what I was thinking about doing to try to get the stupid rock.
['Attacking Superman was a mistake,' she wants to say, 'but I don't know if it was a fluke.' Instead, she leaves it with the ambiguity. Hayley likes her relationship with Bart - as akin to navigating a mine field as it is - too much to risk it by admitting to her other actions, the ones that weren't mistakes at all.]
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Hayley drops her hands to wrap around his waist when he pulls her closer. They're the kind of actions she almost views objectively, calculates as things she's seen in media and witnessed of her friends. At the same time, they feel good. Maybe she doesn't have to play a role with him.
She tucks her head up in the crook beneath his chin, turning it enough so she can continue talking to him.] Forget the attack, Bart. It's not about that. It's about Lex and Jason and what I was thinking about doing to try to get the stupid rock.
['Attacking Superman was a mistake,' she wants to say, 'but I don't know if it was a fluke.' Instead, she leaves it with the ambiguity. Hayley likes her relationship with Bart - as akin to navigating a mine field as it is - too much to risk it by admitting to her other actions, the ones that weren't mistakes at all.]