Did he even hear himself? Everyone apparently cared about her friendships, but not enough for her to actually enjoy them without having to worry about what another person thought about it. This was beyond frustrating and she could feel the tears prickling at the corners of her eyes as she fought for the calm she needed to keep her hair from betraying her mood.

"If I'm told one more time, by one more person, "I don't care who you're friends with" I'm going to scream, because that is obviously not the case." She really was going to lose it if one more person said that to her. Even if she could see and hear that he was hurting right now, she was too worked up to give it any attention.

Sloane clinched her fists at her sides as he continued, trying to wait until he was done and she just barely managed. "I don't care?" She blurted out finally. There was a clear tone of incredulity to her voice and her expression as her eyebrows shot up and her volume rose just a little. A breathless laugh of disbelief followed as she looked upward both to stem the tears and to give herself a moment to think. "I didn't throw anything in your face, but I'm apparently selfish enough not to think of anyone but myself. You know what the problem is?" She was on a roll now, words and tears spilling out simultaneously as she turned watery blue eyes back to his.

"I care too fucking much. I'm sorry I hate seeing two people I care about not speaking over something that has every potential to be fixed, or that our friend group is splitting at the seams and it's my fault. I'm trying to fix things but if you don't want any part in even trying then I don't know what I can do. But I won't be made to feel like that's something I've done wrong." Sloane understood Calla a lot better in that moment and when she came down off this emotional whirlwind, she was going to apologize to her best friend.