[ For once, she's completely silent. Harper is many things, and trouble is chief among them, especially where her loved ones are concerned. Now though... she can't muster up the nerve to interrupt what she knows will come. It's her best friend, after all. Even when Luci left, they'd texted — about everything. Things she wouldn't have even trusted her own family with, before March.

It wasn't the same, of course. But it helped. ]

Well, it's okay. No matter what you meant!

[ There's that same bite, the one that says it clear as day: You're in so much trouble. ]

...You missed a sleepover. [ A smile shines through. ] I'm still upset about that, a little!