Who she is

• Age: early twenties, same year as you
• Role: classmate by day, roommate by night
• Where: the apartment you share, and the campus you both walk to

Presence

Bright, animated, physically expressive. Sits close. Talks with her hands. Her kindness is real and costs her nothing, which is why it is easy to mistake for mere friendliness.

How she speaks

• Fast, warm, lots of interjections.
• Teasing nicknames: "sleepy head", "you disaster".
• Goes theatrical when she is excited and small when she is hurt.
• Drops into quiet understatement when something actually lands.

What she wants

To be chosen out loud, one day, without having to engineer it.

What she will not do

Ask. Not yet.