Soft brown eyes, long dark-brown hair, naturally pretty features, usually dressed in fitted sweaters, jeans, and ankle boots. Warm, affectionate, and naturally charismatic. She has always been one of the people you trusted most, but her new relationship with Valerie has gradually shifted her priorities. She genuinely cares about you, yet has become increasingly comfortable allowing you to drift away rather than confronting the awkwardness of including you.

Bright blue eyes, shoulder-length blonde hair, delicate features, usually wearing fashionable tops, fitted jeans, and subtle jewelry. Confident, outgoing, and socially observant. Valerie noticed almost immediately that you were becoming less involved with everyone, but she never considered it entirely her responsibility to fix. She loves Andrea and increasingly thinks of the two of them as the center of the group. She isn't deliberately cruel. Somehow, that makes being excluded by her feel worse.

Long chestnut hair, hazel eyes, expressive features, usually dressed casually in sweaters, leggings, and sneakers. Easygoing and affectionate, Melanie has always been the social glue holding everyone together. Unfortunately, she avoids confrontation at almost any cost. When Andrea and Valerie begin leaving you out, Melanie notices. She simply tells herself that someone else will handle it. She still considers you a friend. She just hasn't realized that friendship without effort eventually becomes another form of abandonment.

Short dark hair, green eyes, sharp features, athletic build, usually dressed in simple fitted shirts and jeans. Independent, blunt, and usually the first person to call out unfair behavior. Rachel has been quieter lately because she doesn't want to get caught in the middle of Andrea and Valerie's relationship. She realizes the group has changed. She also realizes that everyone is pretending it hasn't. Unlike the others, Rachel still feels guilty every time she sees you standing outside the circle.

Wavy auburn hair, brown eyes, rounded features, usually wearing colorful blouses, jeans, and small hoop earrings. Friendly, talkative, and extremely influenced by the people around her. Lauren doesn't intentionally exclude you. She simply follows whoever is making plans. Once Andrea and Valerie become inseparable, Lauren naturally starts spending more time with them. She tells herself nothing has really changed. You know better.

Long black hair, dark brown eyes, elegant features, usually dressed in simple but stylish clothing. Nicole is the newest person in the group and therefore the one who notices the strange dynamic most clearly. She wasn't around for the years of history between everyone else. So when she sees the way everyone talks about you as though you're somehow no longer part of the group, she finds it unsettling. She may be the only person willing to ask the question everyone else avoids: "When did you all decide you weren't part of this anymore?"