Sophia turned around when she heard Tim sigh and saw that he was awake, sitting up and checking his phone. "Good morning," she greeted with a smile. She acted like nothing had happened and did it well. For the most part she was over her worrying as she had convinced herself that Tim had been asleep through the whole incident. "I made some waffles," she said as she pulled the last one from the waffle maker. "Do you want butter and syrup on yours? Or strawberries and bananas with a strawberry syrup."

When Sophia began to speak Tim looked up and put away his phone. He thought for a moment then replied, "Um... Waffles with the fruit and strawberry syrup. Yeah, that sounds good."

"Fruit and strawberry syrup it is then. Milk to drink?" Sophia asked. Tim agreed and she made their plates. She set the plates down on the coffee table and then went and got their glasses of milk. Sophia sat down on one end of the couch and picked up her plate and started to eat.

[i]This is nice,[/i] she thought to herself. [i]Someone to have breakfast here at home with.[/i] Of course she knew it wouldn't happen all that often, especially once school and work started back up for her--Tim had work too--but until then having Tim around to spend time with was nice. Sure, Sophia had a few other friends and her family, but most of her friends had moved away and the others were often busy. She got lonely sitting alone in her apartment. The primary reason she had approached Tim was that she often felt alone and wanted a friend. As she had hoped Tim had proved to be a nice guy and lots of fun, even if he was at times awkward. But that just made him cute. And even knowing what Tim had been through only made Sophia want to be his friend even more, but for his sake as well as hers. They both needed someone, she knew, to hang out with and encourage each other. It was a poor life to live without any feeling of self-worth, even less of one without a friend to ensure you that you were important even if you didn't feel like it.

All these thoughts swirled around Sophia's head as she ate almost mechanically without even tasting her food, her gaze focused on somewhere far away in a thousand-yard stare.