Dimitri braced himself, as much as he hated to admit it, he had no idea what might have been eating at Alannah. He knew her birthday, her favorite color, the luxuries she enjoyed, the tea she was so fond of, her favorite places, even the consistent parts of her work schedule. He knew her sense of humor and he knew her closest friend was Daniel. He hadn't had to think about it until now, but even though he knew so much about her, he didn't know so much about her past. For all he knew, she could have seen very awful things. For the first time, Dimitri was forced to face the fact that he didn't know Alannah as much as he wanted to. Though, he didn't need assurance, it was for that reason that he'd asked on the subject. That, and he wouldn't be able to sleep if he hadn't asked her what was wrong.<br/><br/>The silence between her words were torture, but he wouldn't dare interrupt while she was pouring her heart out. He could hear the strain in her voice as pauses began taking place. He rubbed her back with his left hand and held her head in a hug-like gesture with his other hand in order to create assurance.<span style="color: #008080">"It's okay."</span>Dimitri said, though he didn't have many words afterwards in the moment. After a moment of thought, he'd figured out what he wanted to say.<span style="color: #008080">"I understand what it's like to just not have a friend anymore."</span>Dimitri said, he might have gotten upset about it, had he not been so focused on being protective.<br/><br/><span style="color: #008080">"Her name was Scarlett Foley. She's actually younger than I am, but I'm tellin' you, she learns fast. She trumped me in just about everythin' when we were kids."</span>Dimitri could recall the memories perfectly, after all, they had all happened around this property.<span style="color: #008080">"She started ridin' horses after I learned. Christ, it's like she was born to do it. She always had this cowboy hat on too, but it never seemed to fall off. Every time we'd go out to do somethin', she'd outshow me. But that smile she had always made it alright."</span>Dimitri paused in his speech as his thoughts got ahead of him.<span style="color: #008080">"I guess, really, it was when we started swimming that my parents decided we could be friends anymore."</span>Dimitri spoke what he had refused to acknowledge for so long.<span style="color: #008080">"Your turn. Tell me about her, you'll feel better."</span>