Blankets 3-9

In the beginning of three, I loved his writing relationship with Raina. It was so real and they put so much of themselves into what they were writing that it made it all like a fairytale. The blanket that she made for Craig was nice because it made him completely connected to her, when he left her he would still have something special that she made for him. I definitely thought that her brother would turn around and end up talking to Craig and getting over him being there but he stood his ground. It was surprising that he got that mad but Laura loved him so much and his company at the house.
Craig and Raina really seemed to connect but I think that it was soon for such a visit for Craig to take, they really didn't know each other that well before he came to visit her for 2 weeks. They definitely liked the thought of one another, and the company of the other but it didn't seem within the company of one another that they both knew how to take it. It seems to me that if you like someone that much and enjoy being around them then you wouldn't care who is around to just sit next to them or hold there hand or anything. They seemed very seperated while during the day which I don't understand for how much they say they like each other. Writing to someone you do get to know them on another level which is also really good, but I think that is why they didn't connect as well when they were together all the time because they weren't used to that constant company.
Craig seemed to look up to Raina in the way that she took care of her siblings Ben and Laura. But I think that he blamed himself for what he allowed to happen to his younger brother Phil, saying on page 291, "But I'd been too weak to look out for my own little brother." I think he truly blames himself for that and is another reason why he feels so connected and says that he loves Raina so early.
When Raina asked Craig why he said that he loved her she was ocnfused, but felt as though she had to say it back...so she did. Which I forgot about, being that it didn't seem real or sincere at all. And following saying that she loved him with a where does that leave them now and so on. But when she asks him not to ever leave her and he says that he won't and promises, that seems more like she truly does want him. But more for comfort that something is her life is right, and not falling apart and stressful like her parents divorce or takingg care of her siblings. But the one line that I truly believed her on was the note that she stuck within the blanket that she helped him packed made me believe her that much more that she truly loved him. Until the random break-up of course which made complete sense with there distance, but it was a great looking relationship while it lasted.