Story

Lisa was born in 1969 to couple Omar and Rosa Navarro, minutes before her twin brother, Ramón Navarro. She and Ramón had a cushy, middle-class upbringing in sunny Davao del Norte, Phillipines, but they quickly had to adjust to a British way of life when they emigrated due to their fathers business opportunity, at the ages of 15. Lisa was a rebellious teen, constantly arguing with her brother and both of her parents.
She didn't want to move countries and was angry that she had so little choice in the decision which changed her life, but that wasn't the only problem she had with her parents. She aggressively refused her mother's requests to act 'just a little more ladylike', and both her parents had difficulty coming to terms with Lisa's lesbian identity, when she came out.

Lisa left school with not-so-great grades, began working out, and hung out with a crowd of boys who she picked up smoking from.
Lisa had always been a people-watcher. One of her favourite pastimes was sitting outside a café and watching the types of people who passed by. She'd never cared what anyone thought of her before, and had no intentions of changing that, so she'd sit there for hours, staring at strangers while she sipped a warm coffee.

Lisa first noticed Jodie Arai walking from college with friends. She'd just started a new course there, so Lisa began to see her most days, as her walk home would coincide with Lisa's café time. She became a familiar sight to Lisa, and she stood out to Lisa, too - after all, she was the only other woman of eastern Asian descent that Lisa had seen in this country thus far.
One day, Lisa approached Jodie. As she often was, Lisa was blunt - explaining her people-watching habits and how Jodie intrigued her. Jodie, unsurprisingly, was pretty intrigued, too, if not a little confused. They began talking and became friends, but it wasn't long before their relationship took a more romantic route.