Jade Fern Grove All the small things

It didn't quite work.  Sarah still gave a (totally appropriate and thoughtful) wrapper to their meeting, and Maia swallowed, trying to hide her disappointment.  Yeah, ok.  She probably should.  The less rational part of her brain, the one that always jumped to the worst conclusions, told her of course Sarah didn't want to hang around here with her all day.  She probably just wanted to make sure Maia knew what happened.

She knew for a fact another round of tears was just around the corner, so she leaned forward and gave Sarah a big nudge.  I'll see you later, she said with a tight voice, then managed to turn and somehow depart without all hell breaking loose.  It was a close thing.