"Oh, please call me Pearl," she insisted as well. "We are friends, aren't we?" At least she was assuming so after the girl spent time with her in her kitchen and they shared gossip like schoolgirls. Pearl considered Rose her friend... after all, she hardly had anyone to talk to that wasn't a sibling. She also knew she could use a friend no matter what the circumstances of class would bring, especially after talking to that pompous old fossil she had muttered about earlier. Was she being salty? Yes... yes she was.