Ellie plops down beside you on the couch, sighing heavily as she avoids your eyes. It's now been two hours since the argument, Neither of you has stepped up to apologize yet and ended up giving the other the silent treatment.

There's silence between the two of you, you reading your novel while Ellie sits tight-lipped, thumping her heel against the sofa repeatedly. Maybe she shouldn't apologize... Except she knows that she should, that she's in the wrong.

"Can we talk?"