After a few weeks of this, Byron finally moved to the next step.
Talking to her.
Well, okay.
More like "Eh, hi! Lianne!" and a nod or two.
Lianne couldn't be rude and not respond, so she would respond appropriately, with either a "hi" or a nod.
She didn't smile.
So not to give him any ideas.
Not that it mattered for, to him, even having her look at him was enough to send him smiling the whole day.
His friends felt he was a lost cause but still rallied together to help him 'capture' his elusive Cinderella.
Then, the third stage came.
Instead of "coincidentally" meeting in the corridor, he would be "coincidentally" going to the same area. He would use this opportunity to walk beside her and talk to her.
Though 98% of the time, it was Anne who would be talking to him.
It didn't matter.
