After what felt like an hour shouting, crying, complain and lecture about why I didn’t call her? Or why I didn’t pick her call the first time? Or ...why did I go spoil everything? Why didn’t I tell her earlier? Why couldn’t we just be friends? And stuff like that. Which I tried to listen but was soon lost in her eyes and glad she was talking to me. So once she settled down with the whole coffee cafe day staff and customers looking at me like I did something really bad to her. Wow that was. With one girl I had the feeling that it could leadsomewhere. I was able to hold her gaze for a bit and she even smiled.But then I obviously wanted too much too fast when I wanted to enter herthoughts completely. It felt like a sting in my head and I closed myeyes in reflex. After that she didn?t look at me again so I gave up.After those frustrating moments, I took the opportunity to meet some ofMr. Steinberg?s friends, when he invited me to a cup of tea on a Sundayafternoon. It was a teacher?s. .." I started to lie, then trailed off as Lissera arched aneyebrow. "..Why did you help me, then? If you know?" You saved my town," Lissera reminded me, a small smile flitting acrossher face. "For potatoes. I don't care who or what you are - I can't thinkof you as evil after that." And... My hair?" I asked, glancing down at my dark brown tresses."Walnut dye. My whole family works with clothing, so I know a bit aboutdyes. I didn't know what to do when you collapsed, and I couldn't let thedoctor. It felt strangely less like play-acting and more like I was talking how I was supposed to talk. I know that sounds weird because I had just blurted out something hurtful and sarcastic, but when I told him the real answer he shrugged like he didn’t understand, but he didn’t care. One of his friends through a beach ball at my ass and it bounced off and then they ran away laughing.“Wow, you told the truth?” Candy whispered after they left.“You almost didn’t sound like you were being sarcastic that.