Week Six: Forgiveness.
Some short best buddies Eve and Lily for episode 6. Hooray!
Set during 02x06
" - Are you okay?" Lily pauses in mid sentence, a frown on her face. "You look down."
Eve glances up at her with a conflicted expression. "Why do you not hate me?"
The other girl looks confused at the sudden question. "What?"
"I hurt Abe -"
"And I've already told you -" Lily interrupts. "- I know that it isn't your fault."
"But, what if it was?" She insists. "What if I did hurt him deliberately? Surely you would hate me then."
"Except you didn't do it deliberately." Lily moves to sit beside her friend, placing a comforting arm on her shoulder. "I know that you didn't."
"You can't be sure -"
"Yes, I can. And, do you know why?" She doesn't give Eve the opportunity to answer. "It's because you're not a bad person. Unpredictable, yes. Surprising, definitely. But, not bad. Never bad. You wouldn't hurt someone on purpose, especially Abe; you couldn't bring yourself to do it. The fact that you tried to warn him proves that. If you had wanted to hurt him, you would have kept quiet, but you called out to him, to try and protect him. A bad person wouldn't have done that." She nudges Eve's shoulder with her own. "So, don't look so worried. Mr Clarke will find out what happened, Abe will be back home, and it'll all be over soon. Okay?"
Eve looks at her for a long moment, expression still not convinced. Eventually, however, she nods.
"Okay."
Lily gives her shoulder an encouraging squeeze. "Good."
And, on a final note:
"You're not a danger to humans."
"But I will never be a danger to you."
That exchange destroyed my heart (in the good way).