Baby steps. Baby steps... Maybe if Fred constantly repeated the phrase over and over again inside of her head, it would finally sink in and motivate herself to leave the comforts of Cordelia's apartment. Fresh air never hurt anyone, and besides, Fred was in desperate need of some social interaction. Plus, even though Fred mostly kept to herself, locked away in her room scribbling various formulas on every square inch of one of her spiral notebooks, Cordelia could use some much needed privacy. It was time to take a leap of faith and venture out into the real world. Fred had to face reality sooner or later and she preferred sooner rather than later. She couldn't spend the rest of her life holed up indoors, living in invariable fear of being sucked back into the hell dimension of Pylea. The library! She would go there. It wasn't too terribly far away. She remembered it being a few blocks from the apartment after going on one of her walks with Cordelia around town. The library was perfect. Nothing bad ever came from reading a novel or a textbook! Being surrounded by books acted as a comfort blanket for Fred. So without any further hesitation, she grabbed her set of keys and shoved them in the front pocket of her jeans and made her way downtown to the public library. And boy, was it big. The library back in LA wasn't even half the size of this place! Shoving one of ginormous double doors open, Fred sauntered past the threshold and let the heavy wooden door unintentionally slam behind her. Careless Fred. Always forgetting the simplest of manners. But after a few stone cold glares were exchanged from a few bystanders and even a librarian or two, Fred deliberately rose both of her shoulders and felt the corners of her mouth twist into an apologetic frown for being an obnoxious disturbance in a place where loud noises of any kind were forbidden. After moderately browsing shelf after shelf that were home to thousands of books mostly written in Italian, Fred finally threw in the towel and came to terms with herself that no matter how many years of college she had under her belt, she didn't have the brain to translate the numerous words that occupied the pages of various novels. So with a heavy sigh, Winifred Burkle settled down into one of the comfier, larger chairs placed in a private corner with an Italian to English dictionary resting pleasantly in her lap. Fred had to study the Roman language before she dared or attempted to take a crack at one of their textbooks... Or even have a decent, intelligent conversation with one of Rome's natives. After thoroughly scanning the hardcover of the dictionary along with skimming the well organized index that came before the actual translating part of the book, Fred pulled out her ruby red glasses from her bag and pushed them up the bridge of her lithe nose. Let the learning commence.