Giving your friends the silent treatment is immature behavior.
Ash gets into a very bad argument with a good friend.
Ash wants to express how much anger this causes.
Ash sits down with the friend and explains why it made her so angry.
Ash decides not to talk to her friend for several weeks.
Ash and her friend talk it out and become closer from resolving the problem.
Ash and her friend grow further apart, damaging their friendship.