Andrea's P.O.V.-
"Hey, Sarah, you in there?" I asked, knocking on the door and then opening it slowly. There she sat, bearing a look that allowed no emotion to peer through, just a cold, unreadable expression. "We didn't come looking for you 'til now because we, well rather I, thought it would be best to let you cool off. Bet you can imagine how Brain felt about that idea. But after some arguing, I talked them into letting you have a good half-hour to yourself and then just have a few people go looking for you. After time was up, I talked them into letting me go alone. Come on Sarah, say something, don't just sit there staring at me!" I finally begged, running out of things to say, and getting tired of seeing her just sit there with that blank expression on her face. When she noticed I had stopped talking, she removed her headphones from her ears.
"What were you saying? Sorry, I was so busy listening to my song that I didn't realize you were talking 'til it suddenly became somewhat quieter," she remarked, giving me an apologetic look.
"Oh, it was nothing important. What song was it?" I asked, happy that she seemed to be acting pretty normal compared to how I had seen her when I first entered the compartment.
"'Come Monday' by Jimmy Buffet. It's a good song, cuz it can be pretty true, when it comes to a lot of things," she explained, seeing the face I gave her when she told me she was listening to a country song.
"Cool." After this was said we just sat there for a while, not saying anything. Finally, Sarah broke the silence.
"Hey Andy?" she said in a quiet voice, like she was embarrassed.
"Yeah?"
"I don't want you guys to feel like I don't trust you, it's just that, I figured that if I was scared...and you guys were mad at me for dragging you into whatever this mess is...I'm really sorry," She finished, looking ashamed, scared, and worried all at once.
"Sarah, I can promise you, any of us who's your really friend isn't mad at you. That includes me, Brian, Amanda, and Jason for sure, and I'm sure at least a few of the others who happen to join us in this adventure feel the same way, if not all of them. And look at it this way, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't get to take advantage of our full potential, seeing as how our parents didn't want to get involved in these things. So really, while we may have to be in a little danger to do so, we get to take a chance at being/doing something greater than any of us could have possibly hope for," I said, trying to comfort her best I could, hoping she'd believe me. However, we didn't finish the conversation, because the train had made it to the train station and it was time to get off. "We're meeting the others at a carriage," I explained as we got off. When I caught sight of them, I rushed over there after pointing them out to Sarah. I huddled most of them together so they all could hear me, and answered what I could of their questions.
"Look, you guys, she's really sorry for snapping before, just act like it didn't happen, ok?" I pleaded, trying to make everything smooth for the ride up to the school. Finally, Sarah joined us, and casually started conversation with the others as we started getting into the carriages. Quietly, Brian pulled me aside.
"Is she gonna be ok?" he asked, watching her talk with Hayden and Connor about an old joke from school.
"I don't know Brian, I just don't know. But I do know that she could use all the support we can give her. I answered, biting my lip as a saw the worry in his eyes.