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Elle, My Opposite
I slowly start walking, staring at my feet dragging on the floor, my eyes not wanting to look up to see anyone around me. After my slow walking I reach an area of sofas and I choose to look up only to see five people staring at me in confusion. I don’t say a word and just sit down next to a tiny girl with long dark brown hair. They all continued their conversation as I silently discreetly peer at the girl sitting next to me. She is clearly enjoying her friends company and having fun giggling with them. I sit there quietly, too shy to speak, as she is making jokes and rolling on the ground laughing because of their fun joking around. Suddenly she jumps up from her seat, she runs into the other room without a word. Everyone is curious to what she is doing but before they could ask any questions she comes back in the room with her hands full of drinks. Generously and without question she wanted to make everyone drinks as a kind and caring gesture. She hands a drink to me and the other girls while going off on another talkative rant about a story from her past weekend. As I leisurely sip my drink, I notice that she gets along very well with everyone in the room. Even though every girl here has a different personality, and I am too timid to talk or be social, she still finds ways to include me and everyone else also. I hate being around people and don’t want to sit here or be here at all, but some how she makes me feel okay being around other people and being in a type of environment that I’m not used to. I am supposed to leave soon and when I walked in this room I did not want to be there but now I don’t mind sitting around people and it is all thanks to her. I still don’t like eye contact or talking to people but at least I feel tolerable being here with five other people.
