I was engrossed in writing about all the people that I "re-met" that I forgot something. It's kind of random, but it's kind of what I learned from that hollow-eyed girl.
So what I had written...
"There was this other girl who was very quiet. She barely talked to me even though we sat like next to each other the whole year (in seventh grade). I used to try to talk to her once in a while. She was clearly a nice person. But she had this hollow look in her eyes sometimes... it really scared me. She was like empty... or not even seeing you there. Then she turned out to be the only person I knew in my first two classes last semester. Now we are best friends!"
What I need to add in:
When she always looked at me like that I wondered what she thought of me. I was looking for what judgment she placed on me. Then when I got to know her it dawned on me. Most people, myself included, are used to stereotypes, but I think that look she gave me was empty because she hadn't judged me. And that may be because of our lack of conversation or perhaps neither or us seemed to find it important to get to know each other. But I guess I only realized a while ago that about 2 years ago she was not thinking I was strange and weird like I thought.
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