They had been talking quietly and giggling among themselves. The youngest of the group sees I am just standing there and calls to me to come and sit with them. I am truly shy and am slightly scared. The girls chatter quietly among themselves for a second.
I hear the youngest say, “It’s her I tell You. I’ll prove it!”
She gets up off the sofa and comes bouncing cheerily up to me. She gently takes my hand and says in a cute giggly voice, “Come, sit with us and introduce yourself. We won’t bite you … at least not hard.” And she giggles pleasantly some more.