1. Sophie telling Aaron smoking is bad and then doing it herself:
She immediately contradicts herself. From Aaron's pov this just shows her being controlling. She was constantly telling him not to do things in their relationship yet she would always do what she wanted and never listen.
Sophie smoking is also a representation of her dark side. She had a scene similar to this with Todd and that signified her falling into her dangerous ways. Therefore, be prepared for the problematic side of Sophie to come out again (think back to Elliot-Aaron-Corey drama time).
2. The whole dialog from Aaron which I'll quote below...
"The fact that I can't even fight for my own daughter because I have no chance in winning. How do I compete with you, when I know you'd happily get your mum to win your case? How do I fight a woman who could practically buy her way into getting what she wants? So instead, I've just sat back out of fear of losing her completely. I've played by your rules because it's the much easier option."
Sophie's response was ..."that twisted outlook on me and life in general confirms all of my original beliefs about you."
Basically what Sophie is saying here is that what Aaron has just said has gone against everything she believes to be true about herself and that even after their long relationship together he is still seeing her wrongly.
For example:
He said that Sophie would get her mum to win her case.
To Sophie, she takes that as he is implying she isn't capable in doing it herself. Yeah, practically her mum is a lawyer so he obviously didn't mean it like she is taking it. However, to her she is viewing it as she has always tried to force her independence and capabilities in people's faces yet Aaron clearly still doesn't see it. He always made out he did but Sophie never believed it.
Their relationship started off with him just wanting to sleep with her like many of the other guys in the garage so she thinks he always saw her that way. We may know that's not true but thats what she believes.
Another example:
Aaron said that she could buy her way into getting what she wanted.
To Aaron, he was probably just saying that she's incredibly well off compared to him. He couldn't afford the support she could to win the case. However, to Sophie she sees this as a dig at her job once again. She thinks he just sees her job as a money digging action and doesn't see that she does it for the passion.
He was never 100% supportive of her career wise (or they'd still be together) and she always believed that he didn't fully understand even when he made out he did.
Another example:
Aaron said 'I've played by your rules because it's the much easier option'
In Aaron's mind, he's always done what Sophie wanted. He's always given her everything and done things her way. In Sophie's mind however, she sees this as confirmation that he was always blinded to everything she had done for him.
She didn't move away, she stayed in Brighton for him, she moved back from London for him and moved back from New York the first time for him. She didn't put everything into her job because she wanted to work at their relationship.
She thinks he doesn't realise how much she really did for him and to Sophie, that comment confirms it.
3. This follows on from that last example... the end scene where Aaron asks 'what's that supposed to mean?' and Sophie takes the cigarette from him, smokes it and then drops it to the floor and squashes it signifies the way she looked out for him and did loads for him in her mind.
She told him smoking isn't good for him, however, by smoking it herself she is showing that she's willing to get involved in his mess to help him. (it obviously doesn't exactly work like that with smoking, he doesn't need her to smoke to make him stop - she wasn't trying to make it literal). Instead, it was just a gesture to express that she always put her own self at risk or under stress to support him through their relationship. She doesn't think he did the same for her.
Be your own judge of that!
Yeah so those are the hidden meanings behind a few of the things in that chapter.
Overall, it is displaying how messed up their relationship is.and I personally think that although Aaron is childish, Sophie always takes it a step too far. She loves being in control and I really don't think she is hurt or affected by things as much as she acts like she is.
I think she would be the queen of crocodile tears. She would probably do whatever to get Aaron to crave her and run after her once again, especially seeing this new situation with his new girlfriend. She would pretend to care and be sad or whatever but I think on the inside she wouldn't really feel much.
I find Sophie so difficult to work out! I can't decide if she just really doesn't do love or if she has had bad luck. I was convinced Jace was the one but now I really don't know!!!
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