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Weekly Contest #76
I wasn't born shy. I was made so by people who didn't understand me. "Do you want to be my friend?" I would ask any kid I met. The answer would always be yes, until one day it wasn't. That was the time when a snotty girl, who knows for what reason, instead of answering as I was expecting, decided to stick her tongue out at me. I was shocked. I didn't know how to react. I looked at her, questioning. She shrugged and walked away, back to her parents, who were talking animatedly to mine. I kept staring at her. "How could she not want to be my f...
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