“Double Down”, page 45

Tylily

True... Besides the bros David, Paulo and Daisy friendship

Rory

"YOU or YOUR FRIENDS" ouch

SCD

Paulo: Okay. Lucy: Good! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!!!! Paulo: ……….Let us help you, Lucy! Lucy: AAUGH!!!!

nalem

Paulo got a bunch of people in jr. high to beat and bully Mike He probably gave Mike a swirly according to the last chapter TL;DR: They're all bad for each other! Haha

esinololly

Paulo...Just. Walk away now. She didn't want to have this conversation right now, please leave her be.

Bibicita

Paulo had the best intentions, but today was not the day for him to push her.

theoktony

and thats why when someone says they dont want to talk you respect it, not hold them there and insist

While I empathize with what Paulo is trying to do here, and I know this will hurt him deeply, Lucy does have every right to choose her friends. And if she doesn't want to be buddy buddy with this group anymore, it's sad but that's life! In her eyes, the lunch table already picked a side and it wasn't hers! This may not be the healthiest choice for her in the near future (since Augustus will graduate soon and he can't be with her constantly anyway), but it is still her choice to make regardless.

April

BCB is so good at delivering how painful and shitty life as teenager can be in a way that feels so real, my heart aches for these kids and their struggles… I just want them to be happy adults …… Also I wonder how Paulo will react this time here? Impulsive with anger? Or like Sue did with Mike, in a disappointed and sad way?

cottoncandy.x

Can you blame her? Of course they don't seem like her friends.

cottoncandy.x

Color palette continues to be gorgeous. I'm glad I wasn't taken off guard by the turn of events, that would've hurt way more tbh.

Tylily

Mike slammed Paulo's face into the table. Lucy slammed Paulo into the ferris wheel I dunno if Paulo should be either of their friend :/

Aesthete Noire

Yeah this pretty much sums it up

mobsterseeker

It is disappointing that she's doubling down on isolating herself but not surprising. I love Paolo for trying but honestly there's a big reoccurring theme here of Lucy getting grabbed, and continuously pushed when she asks for space and communicates she doesn't want to talk about something. You can see the pressure on her mounting pretty hard throughout this comic and her trying to retreat before snapping. It sucks because Paolo is also right to think if he doesn't push, this conversation might simply never happen, but sadly, Lucy's actually not in a good place for more sudden stress and having a make a sudden split decision about the future of the group...

Tylily

She does need help though.