Ariel and Stiles left Travis' house and went their separate ways. Ariel kept asking him if anything happened inside, if he saw someone inside the house but Stiles refused to answer her questions. Ariel told him she had to go meet Sam. While Stiles insisted on accompanying her, Ariel didn't want Sam to feel uncomfortable sharing his father's recordings in presence of a third person just like she didn't want Stiles to feel obligated to do the same.
Ariel and Sam had a common friend, Madeline. She and Sam dated for almost three years. Sam always wanted to go back and live with his father while Madeline's dream of becoming a writer led to a turbulence between the two.
Madeline was Ariel's roommate in college. She was the one who introduced Sam and Ariel. They met again four months ago when S
