Emily, Ashton, Oliver, Sara and OPEN
"Because two of them are approaching." Ashton answered Emily's question on why he'd inquired about her friends, his eyes on the approaching Oliver and Sara. He stopped moving with Emily and let go of her, shifting slightly to put himself between her and the two who came up to them.
"Emily!" Sara greeted with a wide smile, wet from splashing in the water with Oliver, who she was walking beside towards them. "Hi! You look so pretty! Hi Ashton." the last greeting was said with some uncertainty and a tiny bit of shyness to the boy she hadn't really talked to before.