"Would it help if I did?" Em asked, teasing like she would've with her cousin or Dani, both of whom tending to say what they wanted to say regardless, and who often thought Em needed a nudge out of her shell. Whether she did or not.

"Just... It's a lot newer than it feels, 'cause we've been friends so long. We'r still figuring things out, and not really telling a lot of people?"