Thanks be to EBT.
"I'm getting ice cream!" Alice yelled as she ran by your door.
"Oooh! Wait up!" Bella responded. "You guys want anything?"
"I'm okay," I smiled.
"Vanilla‒"
"‒with chocolate shavings. I know," she giggled at you.
It made me smile and want to cry at the same time.
But as soon as she left, you changed the game.
"We need to talk."