[Heather's probably more sure of where she stands with him than he is... but that's the furthest thing from her thoughts at the moment.]
[She's not really crying-- between the sweat and all the tears she'd shed earlier, there's not much in there for her tear ducts to work with anymore. He's come across her around the tail end of her energy reserves, and now she just looks drained-- shoulders slumped, head hanging. She'd pretty much only been able to keep going at that punching bag out of pure inertia. Bodies in motion want to stay in motion and all that. Yaaaay high school physics.]
... He was one of the first friends I ever made here.
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[She's not really crying-- between the sweat and all the tears she'd shed earlier, there's not much in there for her tear ducts to work with anymore. He's come across her around the tail end of her energy reserves, and now she just looks drained-- shoulders slumped, head hanging. She'd pretty much only been able to keep going at that punching bag out of pure inertia. Bodies in motion want to stay in motion and all that. Yaaaay high school physics.]
... He was one of the first friends I ever made here.