Brian smiled softly and crouched down in front of her, shaking his head.  "Believe me, you have no reason to be sorry," he said gently, offering her a hand to help her up.  "You see, you are lot like me.  Well except for the whole beautiful girl thing of course."  He chuckled and shook his head, but still smiling as he did so.  "So yeah, people dont like me either.  Its for the same reason too.  Dont think I didnt notice you trying to read my mind, I can do that too."<br/><br/>Brian knew exactly what she was going through.  Unfortunatly she seemed to have been through a lot worse then he ever had.  Which is part of the reason he wanted to help her so badly.  There were other reasons of course but he was willing to brush those aside for now.  "Listen, I'm not going to hurt you.  If anything I'd like to be a friend of yours.  To me, you just seem like a really nice girl Taffia." He said softly and sincerely.