Winter looks down. “He was the first one I ever really liked like that. “He... I kissed him and... he never responded,” her throat starts to close up. “I barely knew him and I wanted to call him my forever. Cheesy, isn’t it?”
“Hi,” Ivy looks down at their joined hands, then looks around at the others, starting with Arty, then finishing and lingering on Jacob. “If only there was a way to make sure we couldn’t lose anyone else.”