"And you can keep it right over your heart," Hadlee says, punctuating her last word with a light jab to Noah's chest. "I'll write all kinds of mean things on sticky notes for you." As she says this, her smile fades slightly - she's thinking back to the boy's previous excursion as well, and the fact that it wasn't the last they'd seen of that ailment.

"Kodi's messed up like you were. But of course she's just being super mean," she admits after a moment, fingers curling to hold onto the front of Noah's shirt.