It seemed strange timing to ask someone to tell them about themselves Kristina thought as she set the menu aside without even looking at it. It was a good thing that she was kind of a regular and knew what she wanted. Erich may have bitten off more than he could chew with that request because Kristina went into all kinds of details. In fact, she was passionate about telling her 'friend' all about herself.<br/><br/>"Well, you probably know that I moved to college. It's been a bit of a stretch living in the city, to be honest. Dad is paying the rent, but I have a student loan, plus I pick up part-time work whenever I can. The problem is, near a college, there are probably a thousand or so people with the same idea." She continued to run off more information about her hometown, a rural city of just under a hundred thousand people, the number of dogs that she had during her life, their names, breed, and what each was good at. Kristina explained that she grew up with just her parents and was an only child, also that her maternal grandmother lived a block and a half down the street.<br/><br/>While still in the past she told Erich about studying ballet until the end of middle school and how it was the trips to the city for ballet recitals and performances that inspired her to go to college in the city rather than at the campus in her hometown, or even just vocational school (which would have been much cheaper). While she may have quit ballet, she continued her stretching, though only every other day or so, and she hoped to find an amateur studio to resume dancing after she graduated college. Other than that she read or watched movies in her free time.<br/><br/>"Sorry, were you waiting for us to order?" Kristina blushed as she saw the waitress standing there expecting them to order. "Ah, I'll have the green salad and a small penne arrabbiata, please. Oh, and a latte too, please. What about you Erich?" Kristina ordered then as soon as the waitress left, she resumed her passionate summery of her life.<br/><br/>"You shouldn't need to ask about friends. All my friends here are from school. You know, you, Derek, Amber, Emily, the crew, you know," Kristina said but it would have been obvious to Erich that her brain was playing tricks on her because he wasn't one of the crew. "Say, I didn't see you at Amber's birthday party last night," the blonde said then sipped her water, "but then again, I left a little early. You must have arrived after I left."<br/><br/>Kristina really believed that she was friends with Erich, and in the way that she felt comfortable speaking to him about the past and present, the usually reserved young woman seemed interested in him...like as more than friends kind of like. Unfortunately for Erich, this was the command that he made, after she woke in the morning much of what they did would be forgotten or changed in her memory, much like the way that she believed that they were friends rather than just neighbours attending the same college.