He’d seen her a few more times over the coming months, mostly at Order things, and she always made an effort to talk with him. He began to quite look forward to seeing her; she was so full of life, and cheerful, and she made him feel wanted. But he always stopped just short of actually agreeing to do anything else with her, he knew it wouldn’t be fair. He liked her but his heart just wasn’t in it. His reticence didn’t seem to dissuade her though, and her persistence was baffling to him.