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Naomi smiled, fiddling with her hands while she tried to think of conversation. ”Why am I acting like this?” she thought bitterly as she stared down at the bowl of cereal. Avoiding eye contact, she began to eat slowly. She ate in silence for a few minutes until she heard the soft voice of the girl across from her. She introduced herself as Cobra, an odd name to Naomi. Naomi looked up only to find Cobra staring at the plate in front of her.

Naomi smiled. “Cobra huh? That’s a cool name. Isn’t a cobra a type of snake?” she asked, continuing to devour her food, beginning to fill comfortable with her. “Sorry for earlier. I guess I’m really shy around strangers. It takes a little bit to open up you know?” she asked then paused. It had occurred to her that she rambling on and on, something she often did. Naomi could feel her face heat up. “Sorry” she said apologizing.

“I tend to do that a lot. Anyway, you can me Nao. All my friends do” she said smiling. It was nice to finally have a decent conversation with someone. “I think we’ll like each other” she murmured more of to herself.

Naomi glanced around the room just in time to see the long haired boy running out of the room. She raised an eyebrow but turned back to Cobra, waiting for her response instead.