I wasn't sure how to be around Simone at the time. Ever since I scared her, she wanted distance, like she wasn't sure if I was the same person anymore. Her thoughts, whenever turned towards me were always questions and always involved her mother. Her mind was a dark place nowadays, never really seeing the good in things like she used to. She doesn't even go outside to run anymore.
It's been a week since arriving home from the hospital, since she and Vuk met and planned to spend time together, since she's paid more than a few minutes talking to me because of some task she must finish. I was hurt she was keeping away. I was irritated when she would only answer with a frown and one word like, "Okay." She doesn't even glance twice at me.
I sat in the grass gazing at the sky when Corey sat beside me. "Seems like any time something bad happens, you and Simone fall apart. What is going on?"
"She might be able to answer that better than I can," I say.
