"It is kind of nice. I think there's pros and cons to both, though. You don't get a whole lot of exposure to other people when you see the same ones every day."

She remembers when Stefan first moved in; he'd been the talk of the town for weeks.

"It's almost like having a really big family, but it's also hard whenever every single person knows every little tiny bit of your business." Like when her parents died, everyone knew. It took years for people to treat her normally again.