In which relationship stage are the individuals in the following scenario?
Elizabeth and Marianne were walking home from school when Elizabeth got a text message. She pulled out her phone to see who it was from and immediately groaned. "It's Walter again," she said, stuffing the phone back into her backpack. "I wish he'd stop texting me all the time. This is like the fourth one today. It's getting really annoying."
A.differentiating
B.circumscribing
C.stagnating
D.terminating
E.avoiding
Elizabeth and Marianne were walking home from school when Elizabeth got a text message. She pulled out her phone to see who it was from and immediately groaned. "It's Walter again," she said, stuffing the phone back into her backpack. "I wish he'd stop texting me all the time. This is like the fourth one today. It's getting really annoying."
A.differentiating
B.circumscribing
C.stagnating
D.terminating
E.avoiding