She got to the park and saw Christina, who was already sitting on a bench, tossing bread crumbs to the pigeons. She went closer to where she was sitting. "Hi!" she said before sitting next to her.

"Hi." Christina also replied without looking at her.

None of them said anything to each other for a long time before Ellie finally said, "Um, I'm sorry for not telling you. I take you as my friend, but things just happened so fast." She explained that she did not want to go back home without talking to her.

Christina sighed. "I know I might be overreacting, but I just felt really sad that...