Hidalgo and Fe sat side by side on the couch, the tv playing some talk show or another, though neither was paying attention as each was probably trying to wait and see who would break the silence first.
“Ok, are we going to sit here all day pretending we’re watching this or are we going to be real adults and talk about what we seem to be avoiding here?” Hidalgo said. Fe turned off the tv as they shifted positions to face one another more.
“What on Earth can I say to you after not having seen you for almost 20 years?” Fe said.
“I hear ‘hello’ is a good start,” he grinned making them both laugh.
“You know what I mean” Fe said.
“Yeah, I do, " Hidalgo smiled. "But I can clearly see what you've been up to since high school"
"Yeah," she chuckled. "So...what have you been up to all this time? And how come I never saw you in college with Blas?" she wondered.
but I think it would take me 2 days to explain everything so I’ll give you the condensed version…”