[Erica listens to Derek, keeping quiet. She figures that she's already said enough, probably more than enough. There's a sense of regret building up in her that she had said all that to him. Maybe he didn't need to know, didn't need to hear it. She knows that she didn't start out with the beginning. That the first thing she heard from Derek was that she was useless... she's tried to get past that, but it left such a deep impression on her that she's never been able to shake past it.

She needs to try now, because this is the first impression she gets to have with this Derek and he's trying. She can see it.]

This is good. I mean, not that I know what else to say, but this feels a lot better than much of anything between us.

[She wrings her hands together, glancing to Derek. She hasn't let it go unnoticed that he keeps looking away from her.]

I would sooner have a clean start than anything, but I don't think that can happen for either of us. You've gone through more than I know and I have this different opinion of you... based on a version of you that isn't even here anymore.

But I can try.