XYRA Did he just call me his "FRIEND"? I honestly didn't see it coming, I could see the visible expression of surprise on Diane's face and that of her minions, or should I say cohorts, as he said. "Whoa, look, I get that you're new here, but I'd advise you to pitch your tent wisely, in other words, stick with the winning team," she said, pointing both of her thumbs towards herself before leading her gang out of the library. He sat back beside me and asked "are you alright?" "Yes I am, thank you ..." "Astor, my name is Astor," he said, stretching his hand towards me for a handshake. "XYRA, my name is XYRA," I said, taking his hand. " Nice meeting you XYRA," he said with a smile. It felt a bit funny though. People usually do the formalities first, but here we were just getting to k