Adeline speed-walked home. She was so angry that she even threw the ice cream away. Opening the locked door with a key and slammed the door shut. How inconsiderate could he be? She was new here. It was hard to make friends when people did not even her way.
She felt alienated by the people here. At times people did not even glance her way as they did in her previous town. They were friendly and even though the population exceeded thousands, everyone was kind enough to smile and remember the names.
Was spending all day together that important? Because she knew that that was not how relationships worked. She was not giving him all the time she had and if he wanted to be on a high level of her priorities, then he better earn it.
It was a ladder to climb for both of them. Trust was built and love was a journey. Something had to walk into and not just fell into directly.
