Tuesday: February 5, 2008
Who: Adrienne/Narrative
When: Late night
Where: Town cottage area
What: Adrienne leaves an apology gift for Zach on his doorstep

Regret was one of those things that came at Adrienne like a freight train. She was(figuratively) on the tracks with the train speeding at her, blaring its horn, and flashing its one light to get her attention. Like most people Adrienne ignored it for as long as she could, choosing to think about other things until the last possible moment when it couldn't be ignored any longer. Only then did she step off the tracks allowing it to pass like anything else. It was the decision to move, to do something, that allowed her to deal with it.

This situation was like that. Adrienne had regretted the words she had said to Zach the day before. She regretted her pushy attitude, and how she hadn't taken Zach's feelings into consideration. She was selfish that day, and she only wanted to talk with her boyfriend to make herself feel better despite what he wanted. It was a stupid thing to do, and it resulted in the both of them blowing up, and hurt feelings on both sides.

But Adrienne wasn't the type of girl who was so stubborn that she couldn't see the forest for the trees. She was the type of girl that took responsibility for her actions, good or bad, and she wasn't afraid to be the first to apologize. She knew she was wrong, and she wanted to make up for it.

Despite that it was fairly obvious that Zach wasn't ready to see, or even talk to her. As much as she would have rather apologized in person she knew that would have been too pushy, and it would have gone against Zach's need for solidarity. So the girl did the next best thing: she sent him a note.

That night she had left a basket of cookies and a note outside of Zach and Nico's cottage. The basket was wrapped in clear cellophane, and the tag clearly had Zach's name on it. The gift would be found in the morning, and hopefully it would mend the hurt feelings from the day before.