"That's perfectly understandeable, J." Nik nodded and squeezed her shoulder comfortingly. "I'd be a bit shaken up, too, if that had happened to me." He looked at her and smiled and lightly ruffled her hair. "You're very resilient Jesse and I'm proud of you and it's okay to feel however you feel about this. Don't feel like you have to be embarrassed about this or anything." His eyes were serious, but warm and he held her gaze for a moment.
His face broke into about as devious of a grin as it would ever get and he patted the book and made it momentarily disappear. "He'll have to earn this book back." He nodded in agreement. Seeing her slight hesitation, he added quietly and firmly, "We'll see him only when you're ready to."
Even though Jesse looked to be doing okay, he knew that she was still really shook up about what had happened. He made a mental note to keep an eye out of her and to stick close to her for the next few days to see how she was doing. He stuck his hand into his pocket to think and he came across a little package of delectable chocolates he had brought with him from home.
"Now you, J... deserve chocolate." He smiled and offered her the package of chocolates. "They're Russian chocolates." He grinned.
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