Zhenya was confused when Gary entered her room, without Dimitri. Oh... He started talking to her and she was shocked. Why did he sound like... the first time they met? Did he not like her anymore?

She looked down, the corners of her mouth turning down. She closed her eyes briefly to stop the tears. STOP! When she looked up she said "It's... fine... can... can you sit next to me?" she asked, pulling the corner of her quilt down so he could sit there. She felt so lonely lately, even surrounded by people. And she was angry at her brother, and at her uncle. They just kept teasing her and she didn't know how to tell them to stop. And then she was scared that Gary would be angry at her about Gordy, about yelling at her brother, and about her brother telling her mother about their secret. Well, it wasn't much a secret. Would he be angry at her because she told her brother? She just didn't know, and she didn't know how to ask him without getting into a fight. She just wanted to cry but she didn't want to cry in front of him anymore. She sniffed and made the tears leave her eyes. But now what did she say?