She had called her sister earlier to tell her she was coming to see her and that she was coming with a friend. When she finally did come down, she saw him waiting rather patiently for her. He opened the car door for her. she acted like that was not a surprising gesture. She got in and he got in beside her. It was a really uncomfortable journey for the both of them. She made sure to sit at the very edge of the car seat. He equally made no effort to cover the space between them. Apart from occasionally glancing in her direction and trying as hard as he could to read her mind, they did not say anything to each other. When they finally got to her house, she came down as quickly as she could and rounded the car to meet Marcelo who was already out of the car. He was looking around the area as

