[ since she’d assumed the role of captain, she’d taken that to mean that she should make everyone on the team feel included as part of it. it’s why she’d sat with allie and reassured her as she painted a bee on her cheek, why she’d tried to bring misty into group things in the summer at the cabin before the reality that no one was coming for them had really set in. melissa had been a part of that group and even if she could only really know the younger girls so well, she’d tried to make a point of speaking to them at least once on team bonding outings and made charts of their birthdays so she could get a card passed around and signed by everyone on the team.
none of that is the same as trying to befriend or even get to know someone, though, and her attempts at those with melissa had been fairly superficial pre-crash and non-existent post, especially as things got worse. she doesn’t know her relationship with shauna or what was said about her, but can she really fault her for boiling her view of her down when she hadn’t let her know much beyond that?
(well, maybe. because she doesn’t know yet.) ]
Of course I remember you. Hey Melissa :) IDK if this is the ideal place to be but I’m glad to be here. If that makes any sense.
[ it’s something she hasn’t been able to bring up with the others. being here means she gets to live again. she gets to fix what she’d done wrong. ]
It’s cool with me if it’s cool with Shauna. It’s probably a good thing for us to stick together, u know?
[ not that shauna had seemed to consider her any more than jackie had back at home, but a lot of time has passed for them. ]
PERFECT i love it
none of that is the same as trying to befriend or even get to know someone, though, and her attempts at those with melissa had been fairly superficial pre-crash and non-existent post, especially as things got worse. she doesn’t know her relationship with shauna or what was said about her, but can she really fault her for boiling her view of her down when she hadn’t let her know much beyond that?
(well, maybe. because she doesn’t know yet.) ]
Of course I remember you. Hey Melissa :) IDK if this is the ideal place to be but I’m glad to be here. If that makes any sense.
[ it’s something she hasn’t been able to bring up with the others. being here means she gets to live again. she gets to fix what she’d done wrong. ]
It’s cool with me if it’s cool with Shauna. It’s probably a good thing for us to stick together, u know?
[ not that shauna had seemed to consider her any more than jackie had back at home, but a lot of time has passed for them. ]