Nobody else noticed
Maria sighed, unsure of what to do. She was resolved, in the end, to wait a few minutes to see whether this youngster would move her hair on her own. Nothing seems to have changed. Maria looked around to see how her fellow passengers were reacting, but everyone was too preoccupied with their own concerns to notice. attracting her attention
Getting her attention
Maria felt she had to do something because the girl was not going to move her hair on her own. She tried not to talk to her, but how else could she grab her attention? She chose the least scary approach she could think of.