( that's... well. he's already noticed the changes in Emily, not only the physical, but how she's reacted to him after all the months down here. but then, she always felt bad about it, didn't she? like all of them. even if she kept it quiet, it could be seen in the flicker of her eyes whenever news about them came up, whenever someone mentioned their names. )

I mean. Yeah. It was. ( it's not meant badly, Matt so rarely means anything badly, but there's no point in trying to sugarcoat or deny it. Hannah's crush went way too far, but- ) All of us fucked up, I guess. ( there's no other way around it. )

But, like, you're here now, right? ( which means they have a chance to - if not change things, at least have time where things can be like they were. where the twins are okay again. ) You think, uh, we could be good again?