After that day we talked in the stairways things kind of changed

Ok, after that day we talked in the stairways things kind of changed. I was able to say hi to her when I saw her around. As I mentioned previously being a foreigner and not knowing the language kind of stopped me from saying all the things that I wanted to say to her. Well to my advantage, one day I met this guy that used to stay close to our house. We walked to school every morning together and I became friends with this guy because my dad knew his mom and one morning on his way to school my dad told him to watch out for me so I wouldn’t get beat up because for some reason other kids took pleasure in beating up those that were new to this country.