The. Claire considers not answer and burying her face back into her pillow and crying more but Eve has always been kind to her and even tried to stop Kelly at lunch today so reluctantly Claire replies with, ‘ok’, it takes a moment but then a message from Eve appears in her screen, ‘can you meet me at the entrance to the park near school at 6?’, again Claire responds with a short ‘ok’. Eve considers telling Claire’s parents to leave when they finally show up because she is sure that they are going to upset Claire further but Eve is worried that if she does that then it may drive a wedge between her and Claire which is the last thing she wants to happen, so she bites her tongue and doesn’t say anything as Claire’s parents start ranting. Claire hasn’t had a relationship before, sure she has found people attractive but had always shied away from the idea of spending that much time with someone and opening up to them as much as she would
