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ed like a creep, didn't I? The expression on his face s

crush on him since I started school as a

uto accident at a young age. The feeling was overwhelming; he was my world. I cried so hard until I felt I had no liquid in me again. Everyone trying to protect me made me want to cry more. I wanted to get away

with a chair under a big tree shielding direct rays of sunlight, exuding a cool and soothing atmosphere. I had seen him walking alone, nobody w

nd raise his head. He didn't until I was so close to him. I didn't know what to do; calling his name would really startle him and w

er tried to start a conversation with him on a regular day because I was shy and a bit scared of him. Doing so when he's sad and probably angry was a bad idea, she had said. I insisted I wasn't trying to talk to h

r," I sa

u want?" he ask

aback by how

l you sorry about your mo

wanted? I've said it, now, ca

nto the ground. He thought I was another one of those girls who had a crush on him, trying to g

someone to talk to, someone who understand

all. I don't know you; why would I try to talk to you? You

nned it in my head. I anticipated him rejecting my ges

y sorry,"

t," he said

ction in my head. I really liked him and couldn't hate him because he snapped at me. Perhaps he did because he had been pushed to his limits, and I just coincidentally ended up on the bad side of his mood

she was sitting there with a book on her lap, s

o?" she asked wit

apped

e asked. I could see the change in her exp

yone has been saying to him since morni

? He can't snap at you for showin

really frustrating, you know. It is totally my fault for being shortsighted," I r

normal human response to show sympathy to someone suffering or distressed. He cannot tell people how to show

was my fault; I should have totally liste

rolling her eyes at me. "But you co

hat; we have other things to focus on.

Phil?"

ember we have a physics test, and i

urse,

y seen you sit down to read today;

iddle of the night

ed the whole to

t academically as they come, and quite the opposite was I. She always tried her best to make sure I was keeping up in class or com