“It really was,” Lexie said sincerely. There had been a couple of tense moments, of course, but that was to be expected. And such things could easily be overlooked. To Lexie’s rose-tinted eye, things couldn’t have been better. She nodded in response to his logic. Yes, Lexie really understood what it was like to be away from the siblings she’d been so used to sharing her space with. She was fairly certain that Annie didn’t miss her too much, but Alfie... he was a bit of a different story. Although things between her siblings had been a little strained sometimes, they’d definitely all come together at Christmas, and she couldn’t have asked for more. “That makes sense,” she said. “I’m sure Aren is really glad to have you there.” Who wouldn’t be?
As Lexie babbled an answer to his question, she noticed the almost immediate change that came over him. A dark shadow of unhappiness seemed to pass over his countenance as he spoke, and she could tell by his tone that he was unhappy. “Are you okay, Eisen?” she asked, really concerned now. She reached across the table to brush her fingers against his hand.