“Hey Sadie”, greeted Melissa, as she came up the bus aisle. “I won’t forget to send you my notes”. She hesitated as if she was going to say something more.
Sadie pulled her back from the seat next to her. “Here, you want to sit?”, Sadie asked, politely.
“Shure”, said Melissa. “Thank you”. Melissa lowered herself to the seat, trying to make herself smaller so she could fit into the seat without crowding Sadie. “Kinda cold, huh?”
“Sorta, yes…”
The girls fell into silence, both feeling the beginning of a friendship had been established between them that day. As both girls relaxed during the trip home, their bodies relaxed as they became more and more comfortable with each other.