"Okay," Beverly replies, voice a little quiet, mostly because it seems like the best thing she can say. It may not necessarily fix or change anything, but it's still a hell of a lot more than she expected, and she doesn't want to seem like she doesn't appreciate that. A lot of people probably wouldn't have bothered at all. For that matter, most of them would probably have found her out of school and ushered her right back, regardless of any reason she gave, which would almost certainly just have seemed like an excuse. Now, there may be no way to guarantee that anything he says will be effective, but it's something. She'll take it.

Pausing for a moment, she draws in a deep breath. When she looks up at him again, it's just a little more uncertain, though even being inside the bowling alley, with its bright lights and ridiculous music, is a relief. "Just... don't tell him where you heard anything from, okay?" The last thing she needs is for that asshole to take it out on her. She knows how that goes.