“Let’s do mess hall, I want to just sit down to talk as quickly as possible,” replied Ava, slightly relieved that he was agreeing to this talk.
Fear was churning in her stomach. What if he didn’t want to be friends anymore? The thought was incredibly scary, even though they hadn’t seen each other in years. All those memories were flooding her brain — two teens on a boat, feet dangling in the water, on the outlook for dolphins or whales…
Ava quickly started walking towards the mess hall. “Listen, Austin,” it felt nice and strange to say his name again, “I am so sorry. I did not mean to just cut off contact like that. In fact, I tried to find you, but… Oh, this is so messy!” She glanced up at him from the side, hoping that if they could just sit down and talk, that would clear things up.