"Wait, for what?"
"For—what I did back in The City?"
"Oh!" His eyes widen. "Oh, that..."
"I—"
It's getting harder to breathe.
You start mushing your words together and looking away from him, feeling your chest start to hurt as the words spill out. "I got really scared and I wasn't thinking and I was stupid. A-and if Penny doesn't forgive me, that's—that's fine. I guess..."
"Colton, it's okay. You weren't trying to hurt Penny...were you?"
"No, never! ...I just—didn't want her to leave me." Selfish, selfish of you.
He kneels down to your height, trying to ease you a little. "That's okay. I wouldn't want my friends to leave me either."
You try to keep yourself steady, breathing in deep and still trying to avoid looking at him. He means well, but—he doesn't have to rub it in, does he?