Carol once projected that Nick put her on a very high pedestal; that he thought the Sergeant Major's baby girl was too good for the kid from the trailer park. Aria was beginning to believe, after being so thoroughly rejected by him twice in her lifetime, that maybe she just wasn't good enough for him. Maybe there was something wrong with her that kept him from being able to be with her in spite of his feelings.
Her feelings for him, she discovered, only grew. That frustrated Aria. The more she thought of one Nicholas Williams, the more she respected and desired him. Knowing the weight of the scars on both his body and his heart only made it worse. She wanted to soothe his heart and troubled mind. Having witnessed how those scars pained him, and plagued his dreams, only made her heart ache
