Jim doesn't understand why she turned away. Was she still mad at him? Aside from the obvious. Who wants to be family with Jim Kirk, after all.

Nobody.

He tries one more time, licking at his bottom lip nervously before he takes a step her way.

"I meant you, too, Ver. The three of us. Course, bein' a big sister figure to these two idiots is a shit job, but. You been doing good so far." He tries to play it off. It's no big deal if she's still upset. If she doesn't want it. Well it is, but its a good thing he didn't say that and lie through his teeth then.

What he does say, even though it sounds like a joke...isn't.