Sarah was.actually.crying... she accepted the hug greatfully. And bravely (she was a lion after all) wiped away her tears.
"Sorry about that... I just teared up.. I have no idea why" actually she had an idea, her mom said it had to do with hormones and being a teenager...
"You know, my mom says that I am anxious..." very anxious, in fact she had knots in her back and shoulders, each knot she named a different mountain. Mt. Kilimanjaro on her left hand shoulder, Mt. Everest was perched on right shoulder, Mt. Ranier under her left shoulder blade...
"Thank you sooo much for listening Ari!" she got up from the bench. "that will be fun" her eyes shone once more.
"How about the Mini-Golf Course? I always wanted to play it" she had attempted before to play by herself, yet it isn't as fun.