Jeremy swallows thickly as he looks at her when she shakes her head like that.

He knows she's already said she doesn't know, but he just-- He doesn't want to crowd her. He doesn't want to... He doesn't want to make it worse. His eyes burn more as he looks at her, and his chest clenches when she finally reaches for his hand too and their fingers lock together. His head ducks again, because it does still make sense. It will always make sense to reach for her. It's the alternative that doesn't, that he can't figure out.

"Good. She's... she's good people." His voice grows tight, but he means that, he would want her to move in with someone like that, someone who is her friend.

His eyes burn further as he looks at her, and his hand tightens around her hand with their fingers locked so tightly together. And he never wanted her to feel like he wasn't there, like Jeremy wasn't there, like her best friend wasn't there when they've been best friends for years and years. "I miss you too, Sarah. I really, really miss you," Jeremy says, and his voice is a mess but the sentiment is still there because everything has been aching so much and it hurts.

It really hurts.