Steve shakes her head. "No, Jeremiah. You are not pathetic. The woman is pathetic, though. Sorry if that sets you off any, but it's true from my perspective. If I ever find the man of my dreams and he shares that feeling, I would wait forever for him to come out of the vat. She may not have know how you react to being in the coma, but to just leave you there and "move on"? No, I don't buy it. Rather, I don't buy that she was ever really in love with you in the first place." She waves her hands about. "But what do I know about love? I let some beguiling loser talk me into my first sexual experience. He was saying all the right words, but he dumped me after the third night of passion with me. I was so embarrassed and humiliated. The rest of the school soon knew just how easy I was supposed to be and I had to live with that until the end of high school."
"So, no. That Lucy is not worth dreaming about. Of course, I probably sound like some raving lunatic and you have every right to just ignore all I just said. I hope that you find the right girl someday, Jeremiah, even if it is Lucy."