The sight of Maisie sitting on the passenger seat of her car, so close, made Avett's breath get caught in her throat. No words were being spoken, and she found herself clutching the steering wheel with all her strength as the girl who broke her heart breathed heavily next to her.
A few minutes had gone by when Maisie slowly placed her little shaky hand on top of Avett's, making the latter turn her head towards her and lock her eyes with hers. The actress offered her a shameful smile, whick was reciprocated with a deep breath that came from Ave's plump lips. Maisie soon understood that her hand on top of hers was making the girl uncomfortable, so she took it away quickly, feeling the tears threatening to come out of her sad eyes. The lump in her throat was making it impossible for her to speak, but she understood that she needed to do so, so she managed to avoid sobbing.
-Please don't cry -the words came out of Ave's mouth without her even noticing, as she turned away to look through the window.
However, despite having been asked not to cry, Maisie couldn't hold back the tears any longer after hearing these words. She tried to calm her breathing, to compose herself, but she couldn't, which made her feel anxious because she just wasn't able to speak. She felt so guilty that she had broken Ave's heart, that she had lost the one person she was in love with, but she couldn't find it in herself to stop sobbing and apologize. For Avett, however, seeing her like that was more than enough to understand that nothing that had happened between them in the past mattered, that their story had just began. So she let out a short, silent laugh, and to Maisie's confusion, she held her in her arms, caressing her hair, soothing her until she had stopped crying.
