Well, it helped that Anna was infinitely friendlier than the people who have accosted Alice, twice, now. She looks back to the school, knowing if she screamed she'd be heard, at least so she tentatively just hugged her plush rabbit closer

"M-My name is Alice," she pulled out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes, then did the same for her plush rabbit, because of course it would be crying as well.

"Are you a teacher, Miss Anna?"