Ellie never used to be like this, that was a fact. Ever since Joel’s death, she never let her guard down, she barely took time to herself, time to calm down or just to be herself in general. It hurt watching her change like this.

One day, you invited Ellie to hangout in an attempt to take her mind off of the traumatic events she’d been through, but she was zoning out a lot, and when you asked about it. She snapped at you.

“It’s nothing!! God, I’m fucking fine! Why are you so on edge?!”