Alaina cares deeply for him too. She wants to be with him just as much.
But then on the other side is her best friend.
Leo, picking up on her worried expressions and solemn face, looked concerned as well, "Understand what Alaina?" he urged her to continue but she was falling short on her words.
She has gotta do this, she doesn't want to do this, but she has to, for Aria.
She felt tears spring up to her eyes as she was trying to look down and hide them from Leo. Just when Leo was about to make her look up to him a voice interrupted them.
They looked up to find Aria running towards them with Curtis following behind at a leisure pace smiling at his girlfriend skipping towards Alaina like a happy chipper child.
"Nina!! Goodness I missed you." she came running and hugged Alaina who also got up from her seat after seeing her friend coming their way.
They hugged whilst Curtis and Leo did their bromance thing behind them.