Never Let Me Go 16

"In other words, it was a really encouraging start--better than I'd dared expected." pg. 214

I was not surprised at all by the way Ruth and Kathy's first encounter went. There was no reason for them to get into discussing what happened between them when they were seeing each other for the first time in years. But, they clearly couldn't go on avoiding it for long. The longer it isn't discussed the more tension that grows.  Ruth, being in the condition that she's in, doesn't need any extra stress or tension around. Once Tommy is mentioned, things seem to turn up, but I don't think things will ever be truly back to normal if things aren't discussed soon. I know this from experience. This happened with me and one of my best friends. We had a falling out and didn't speak to each other for a long time. Then, once we got over all our anger towards each other, we began making small talk. We never really discussed what happened between us. It was like we both had an understanding to just let it go; however, I think looking back, that was the wrong thing to do. We needed to sit down and work everything out just like Ruth and Kathy need to do. If they don't do this, there friendship will never be like it once was. There will always be a barrier between them, no matter how hard they try to forget the past.