Victoria linked her arm almost habitually through Alex’s when he offered it.
	She smiled at his last comment. “No, I’d imagine not.” She tried to recall the last time she had seen him actually enjoy being in a crowd, but came up empty. [i]Introverts unite,[/i] she thought, her smile widening slightly. 
	Victoria scowled as voices floated down the hall, causing warning bells to sound in her head. Trying to make the action as nonchalant as possible, she looked to the floor, letting her hair fall over her face and aid in obscuring her vision of the others.
	Her body inadvertently tensed as three pairs of feet came into her line of sight as they strolled by in single file. Their voices quickly faded behind them as she looked back to Alex.
	“What’s next?” she asked, silently hoping it would be the library.