I Think I Like You

“Hi,” Reyona said as she wondered how the girl must be feeling after having to share something she had thought she couldn’t share with anyone.

Probably embarrassed. Reyona thought as she tried to picture what she might have felt if she had to explain such a thing to anyone.

Though Reyona had seen what was on the sheet now, she asked “What do you have there?”

Silence.

Then the girl said “Puzzles. He wanted to come ride his horse while we waited for you, so I…” She completed her statement with a shrug.

Reyona wanted to tell her that she didn’t have to justify things she did to anyone, but then she thought it was better that the girl was saying something at all than her usual clamming up.

“Do you want help with that?” she asked when the girl scrunched up her face and tried to trace a pattern with her finger.

Allysyn finally looked up at her as she shook her head and said “No, I will figure it out. I like to do this.” She closed the sheet as she spoke.