To tell or not to tell, that was the internal debate waging in Alice's head. Sloane had never liked talking about boys before, that was always Sisse's territory. But, maybe that, too, was changing. Maybe Sloane wouldn't balk at having such a conversation now.

"I thought ... " she sighed again and looked down towards the quilt on her bed. No, she wasn't going to be able to make a full confession. Not today, not to Sloane, not ever. "You two were just very quick with the banter, I guess. I didn't really know how to keep up or fit in, so I left."