I lean forward, elbows on my knees, nodding a little as the woman speaks, blinking a couple times as I struggle to at least appear to be awake, although I'm unable to stifle a short yawn. Hearing the woman's family history, I can't help but smile a little.<br/><br/>"Well, you... I mean, I feel sorry for you... I mean, Frannie... Frannie is great, she's just a nice person, you're lucky to have... to have a cousin like her..."<br/><br/>I ball my hands into fists, looking angry for a moment, staring at the floor as the woman looks through my roommate's papers. "A really nice person... she... she dosn't deserve anything bad to happen to her... I can't understand why anyone... why they would...."<br/><br/>I trail off, shutting my eyes for a moment, although they shoot open at the hug, looking suprised, stammering a little "I... y-yeah, you're right, it... it hasn't been that long, after all..." I smile again at the question, nodding, leaning against the woman, a bit embarressed by the hug, but grateful for it non the less "Y-yeah... she's... been a really good friend, I mean, we're not really in the same social circles or anything, but she's always been just great..."<br/><br/>I giggle a bit "I mean, back at the start of the semester, I was having trouble with all the financial aid paperwork, and I couldn't get it in time to get one of my books... I was complaining about it to Frannie... and... she just went out and bought it for me, told me I could pay her back whenever I could afford it..." Trailing off, I bite my lip, realizing that I'm starting to ramble again.