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As her doorway darkened again, she looked up into the face of her friend. Sarah could see something was wrong. Aaron always had a tell when he was trying to put on his mask of indifference, but it never worked when he had to deal with her. She read his face. He wasn't smiling at her like he normally did before he began teasing her like an older brother would. The relationship between them had grown to the point they were family. When people would ask things like why their relationship went this way, it was simple. They went through hell together while overseas. They dealt with the problems there and then came back and had many more to work through. They were the only ones besides the rest of the small team that had handled the outbreak who could ever understand what had happened and what they had seen.  "We need to talk,” Aaron said. Sara knew that even his voice was strained. Whatever he had to say was not going to be good. He didn’t wan