Sloane managed a better smile when Sisse reciprocated her sentiment. Well that was half the battle then, wasn't it? Maybe their friendship wasn't lost. Sloane felt marginally better than she had in a while. Even if her body felt like it was giving out on her, at least a there was hope that the little cracks in her heart might start healing.

"I'm sorry you found out the way that you did," Sloane could understand that much. She would have been surprised to find a pair of her friends uncomfortably close in an empty classroom too, but her reaction would have been entirely different, because she thought it was none of her business anyway. That was where they differed on the matter, and though Sloane knew she was unlikely to change her stance maybe they could agree to disagree and maybe, just maybe, go back to being friends.

Yes, friends shared things, but Sloane maintained that it was up to the individuals to figure out when to share. "But I'm not sorry I wasn't ready to tell you." She may have, eventually, once she thought things were settled or safe, once she'd been sure things with Cam wouldn't fizzle our after a few weeks. They'd been tested over and over again and were still alright though, so whatever this little teenage romance could be seen as, she at least, knew it was sincere. Sloane still firmly believed that it wasn't any one else's business but hers and Cam's but everyone would have found out eventually, when they'd been ready to share.

She paused, feeling a cough coming on and flinched at the mere thought of it, trying to cover it up. She rolled away from Sisse to let it happen, breaths coming in ragged gasps until it passed again.