She nodded and pushed a lock of red hair back behind her ear as a thought occurred to her. "I'm sorry! You're probably tired, aren't you?" she asked. Alexis remembered how it had been like, how much there had been for her to absorb and all she'd wanted to do was curl up and cry. She had, even.

A faint blush began creeping up her face and she scrambled to pick up her bookbag. "And here I've been going on about things that you'll figure out too! I'm really sorry. I should just let you rest."