"Somebody died in front of you?" She put her hand on Alexis's shoulder instinctively, squeezing it. "I'm sorry, that must have been horrible. Was it long ago?"
"Our backgrounds were pretty similar," she admitted. She'd learned more from Billy than Tim, it wasn't until after they stopped their on-off thing that they became actual friends. "But yeah, we're close. Hard not to be. I hate that Tim hasn't seen the twins. They're so cute."
"No but neither are you assigned one person when you get here and you're told to marry them," she pointed out with a smile. "I don't think you have to date somebody to get to know them, see if you like them. And yeah it's difficult living in such a small community but what's the other option? There isn't one."