Ethan just came back from a Lorde concert over the weekend. When he returned to the dorm, we invited him over to room 125 to hang out. It was really awkward between the two of us. Piper and Meredith were texting me during the end of our get together and telling me I should "walk him out" "as friends". It was incredibly awkward because Ethan had already started walking to the lobby door when Meredith yelled at him to stop. Piper eventually coaxed me out there to talk to him.
We sat down and talked about our weekends and how we were doing. Normal small talk. Just trying to ge to know each other. During all of this though, Piper and Meredith decided they needed to "fill up their water bottles" multiple times. Most people would be really annoyed that their friends kept interrupting their conversation, but I was totally fine with it. It surprisingly made it a lot less awkward because Ethan and I had something to laugh about. It also shows that my friends actually care about me and wanted to make sure nothing was going too fast again.
So even though it was really awkward and uncomfortable at first, it was a good step in the right direction towards "getting together" again.
<3 Ellie