She sighed. After months of avoiding one another, Alice never thought she would have had to tell Cameron to leave her alone. Why now? Why after months of silence and disregard was he suddenly interested in a banal conversation about the bloody apothecarist? "No," Alice answered curtly, hoping that her change in demeanor would offer him the chance to take the hint. Of all their friends, Cameron was damn near the bottom of the list of who she'd like to speak with at present. Sisse took the bottom spot, however guilty that made Alice feel, but with Sisse's success came Alice's failure. Something she wasn't yet ready to confront outside of her family.

"You don't have to keep me company, I'm fine." She then followed it up with, hoping that if her no wasn't obvious enough this statement would be.