Ahh my friend. No one does anything without an ulterior motive, however nice they are. Next time you can tell that you feel like having something sweeter like an ice cream or coffee and ask her if she wanted to go.
If she says yes - she is interested if she gives some reason without fixing another time, she is cooking up something else.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.