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It wasn’t much longer until their precious after-school routine was broken, only a month or two after that afternoon with impressionist art. Lily had wanted Sophie’s help with her self-portrait. Sophie apologized profusely the next day, but it was a pattern that kept recurring. Eventually, Alice would be lucky if she had two days to walk home with her friend each week. That hour in art club became more and more miserable with each passing day.
It was December. Technically, the anniversary of their friendship was coming up soon. The art club had a winter trip planned, to a cabin by a local lake. They were going to be ice-skating, sketching out landscapes, and huddling by the fireplace with hot cocoa while they watched art documentaries. It seemed like it’d probably be fun.
“Whaaat, how come you don’t want to go, Alice?”
It was a rare afternoon where she actually got to walk home with Sophie. “I just… don’t really feel like it too much, I guess haha… I don’t really know anyone else in the club that well.”
Sophie pouts. “Come onnn, you talk with Lily and Hannah sometimes, right?”
Not really.
“Ally and Jack are pretty cool too! You’ll have tons of fun hanging out, I’ll make sure of it!”
She said they’d be able to keep up their after-school routine, too.
“Pleeease, Alice? It just wouldn’t be the same without you there!”
So Sophie was going to go, whether she wanted her to or not.
>Go on the winter trip.
>Don’t.
