While friendships with Cai and Zack and some others had always been dear and unparalleled, to hear Cai say that swimming practice with her meant more than spending an excessive amount of time on the phone with her sister meant a lot to her.
She followed Cai's lead, unstringing the beads in her hair and removing her clothes. "I don't know! I think...August of last year? Just before I left the campus." She knew it was her fault - she'd only given Cai and Zack a few days' warning before she packed and left. "I'm...sorry about that. That was really unfair of me."