When the two women settled at a table that sat in front of a set of trees, Cass couldn’t help but look timidly at Maria, not knowing from where she should start.
The brunette sitting across her did her the favor of speaking up first, “So, how is it going with Adrian?”
“Good,” Cass replied readily. Then, remembering her insecurities, she added a weak, “I think.”
“You think?”
Maria c****d an eyebrow at her, and Cass blushed, and stammered on her words. “I… I… I don’t know what to think,” she ended up blurting out.
She was bad at voicing out her concerns. She didn’t know how her new friend would take her worries, and she therefore blushed in advance of the humiliation she anticipated. Surely, the brunette would start laughing at her or something.
To her surprise, Maria reached out for h
