"Don't you think you should be sitting with Charlotte and Sarah?" Pope asks as the two search for driftwood.
"Why?" Estrella chuckles, "Don't think I can handle looking for wood?"
"No, it's just, you know, your leg and stuff."
"Well, I've been running around and shit, so if my leg was a huge problem, it would've probably fallen off by now." She says, "And you told me to come with you."
Pope chuckles, "True."
Estrella laughs as she continues walking through the water. Pope looks over at her before looking elsewhere, "So, uh.."
Estrella turns to him as he trails off, "Yeah?"
Pope sighs before standing upright, "What's going on with you?"
"What do you mean?" She frowns
"I mean what's going on with you?" He repeats, "It's been on my mind for so long, but I haven't had the courage to ask."
Estrella shrugs, "Nothing's going on."
"Yes, there is." He nods, "You usually talk to me about everything and now I can barely read you anymore."
"Okay, what do you want me to say? That I was sad that I thought my friends were dead? That I was heartbroken that my two best friends made a bet that I could sleep with one of them?" She says, "Because I was and I still am, but none of that matters right now. There's too much going on."
"It does matter, Estrella. It hurt you and it's okay to admit that it hurt you." He says as they continue on looking for driftwood, "It's okay to talk to me."
Estrella stops, "I do talk to you."
"Barely." Pope scoffs, "You shut me out when we thought John B died and you're shutting me out now."
"I'm not shutting you out, Pope."
"Then talk to me." He says, "Tell me everything that's been going on with you."
A silence falls over them as Estrella stares back at him. She knew she hadn't been okay since the day they thought John B died. She knew Pope would see her sooner or later. She was just hoping it would be later.
"What do you want me to tell you?" She asks softly
"Everything."
Estrella hesitates before sighing to herself, "I don't understand how I'm supposed to go back to normal after all of this. I mean, for months we had to go through life thinking our best friends were dead. I have no where to go right now because my mom kicked me out. The person that I thought would always be there for me, besides you, betrayed me."
