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So: it's not as if Lori didn't like being Tommy's girlfriend. Tommy is a good guy: nice, devoted--*hot*--but being Tommy's girlfriend is complicated in ways that Lori doesn't really want to deal with. Tommy wants someone to protect, and Lori--Lori's been a fighter her entire life, and she's not about to be *anyone's* damsel in distress (besides, she thinks, Merton should be enough distressed damsel for anyone to handle).
She's finally found something worthwhile to pit her strength against--and maybe Tommy's a nice guy, but he's a *jerk,* too. Lori's kickboxing isn't a joke, and she's not useless: she can and has held her own, and kicked ass even without the benefit of wolfy powers. She's a girl, but she's no token.
She liked being Tommy's girlfriend--still likes *Tommy*--but she's not going to give up on something incredible just to make him happy. If Tommy can't understand that, well, he never really knew *Lori* at all.