“Hey… you okay?” asked Dina to Jesse, wrapping her arms around Jesse’s neck.

“Nothin’ a little sleep won’t take care of” Jesse replied, smiling down at Dina.

Ellie watched from afar, feeling a pang of isolation. Did she want isolation? Yeah, she did. But every time she watched Dina and Jesse she longed for someone to care about her like they cared for each other.

“Hey. Maybe we should head inside” she says a bit awkwardly to them.

“Yeah, okay come on.” Dina replies, resting her hand on Jesse’s back to lead him into the room. “Easy”

Ellie follows them into the room as Jesse settles down on the couch.

“My friends problems are my problems. I heard you’re sick?” She faintly hears Dina say in the background but Ellie was listening, she was just pacing around the room, overthinking about everything. The only person who had ever cared about her was Joel and he was dead.