[Of course that's not what the problem is. Isn't it obvious what the problem is? How can anyone think she's even worth the time?]

Are you kidding me? I don't know how to be gentle. Look, I'll tell you how this is gonna go down. You say you like me, I say I like you too, then we start dating and I'm horrible to you and you put up with it because you're a nice guy who won't want to hurt my feelings by breaking up with me even though you're miserable.

It's me. If I like you, I'm just gonna want to punch your stupid beautiful face and I like you too much to see you let me.

So we can't.

[She holds the doll tighter, enough that she imagines the stuffing will probably squirt out soon. Because she's a ruiner. She ruins everything good.]