Right. We can be friends here.

[It's the best she can offer.]

My dad, he doesn't let me have friends with guys or people who live far away. Really, my only friend is Marissa and that's because she lives next door - it's easy for him to keep track of us.

[She suspects her father does that literally, following them as he does his prey.]

We could be pen-pals when we get home. He can't have a problem with that!