Ryan broke it first.
"It's been a while," he said.
Her voice came back even. "Since you kissed me and then went ghost for days. Yeah."
"I'm sorry."
"For what, Ryan."
He looked at the blank television screen. "For being distant." He paused, and said the rest of it because he'd decided before he called that he was going to say it properly or not at all. "You make me feel something I told myself I wasn't going to feel again. And I hate to be this honest, but for both our sakes — I think it's better if we don't get too attached."
He'd been thinking about this since the balcony. Since the morning after when he'd woken up still thinking about the way she'd said 'I think so' when he asked if the line was working.
