Keren looked at the boy who sat besides her on the dock and spoke to her, she leaned back on her hands and spoke in a hushed tone. "Thanks." She picked at the rotting wood with her fingernails for a moment in thought. She spoke again, "I guess I'm used to it, the loneliness and sitting alone that is. That is how school often is...was." She breathed deeply through her nose and looked up into the cloudy night sky. "I guess that's just how it is, when you are the nerd, the outcast, the weird one. I never really have a lot of friends, don't get me wrong I like people but...people don't seem to like me. And now..." She began speaking a bit louder, faster, truly expressing herself, "Now, I am just worried I am going to be all alone here, not even my mom or a single friend like back home. And all the rest of you,.." She pinwheeled one hand back with a dramatic flourish for emphasis, "You don't even notice me, you are all socializing and making friends and enemies and conversation, and I...I just haven't." She sighed. "Sorry for my...whatever..." She shook her head. She hadn't meant to bore him but with nobody to talk to she was about ready to burst.