The feeling has welled up again. He didn't like it before and certainly doesn't like it now. He half-turns around and opens up his hand, in a way as you would when you want someone to hold your hand.

Of course I do. I dunno what had gotten over me.

He looks back to where they were previously. Alexandra has gone, she clearly had other things to do.

I'll be your friend.

He has a warming smile on his face, butterflies were in his stomach, for reasons he could not entirely fathom. Probably because this was his first friend since moving, and since being in the XWF.

Yes, he felt comfortable about calling her his friend, that's for certain.