Unlike Lexi, David did actually see who it was he'd passed. Instinct, as well as a pair of tiny voices in his ear that sounded strangely like Eloise and Elliot both, told him to walk in the other direction. It was also in that moment that an uncharacteristic stroke of bravery struck him, and his desire to find out exactly what she'd wanted trumped his worry about exactly what he was supposed to say to her.
There were about five moments between when he started in her direction and when he got there that his mind tried to talk him out of it, but he finally reached her and pulled in a slow, deep breath before clearing his throat pointedly and shoving his hands further into his pockets out of sheer nervousness.
“H-hey, Allie-uh, Lexi. Sorry.” He forced himself to keep looking at her, and further forced himself to remain casual, which probably did little more than make him look even more nervous. “What're you doing out here?”
It was his first time actually seeing her, since she'd gotten here. And now that he was seeing her up close, he noticed the differences. The devastation that only losing a sibling could bring, the road-weariness... all of it. She was both the same, but very obviously different at the same time. And it made David's worry about her intent all the greater. She'd been a little unpredictable to begin with, so this... this might not be good. But he had to know for sure.
“I mean, um... I'm... I'm sorry I didn't show up Sunday.”