The Importance Of Stereotypes In High School

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Your lips brushed against mine dispassionately as you shrugged your bag onto your shoulder and head off to your next class. I turned down the corridor rushing for no other reason than to get away from the lonely feeling that kiss gave me. My class doesn't even start for another hour and all the other people I know here are more your friends than they are mine. I guess that's what happens when you date such a social boy and you are not even a social caterpillar let alone a butterfly. I hurry towards the one place on this campus that I can get peace. When I near I can see the old banner for welcoming freshmen has gone down. So, I watch school spirit squad put up yet another banner, this time advertising a job fair exclusively for college students. …show more content…
He flexes his muscle and she bats her eyes at him, giggling some more. I let out a sigh trying to remember what we used to be like. If wonder if we ever looked that flirty and care free? I wonder how we looked to others in the start. Back when I swore the stars looked down on us with envy, jealous of how close we can be. That seemed like years ago rather than just months. I twist the strap of my bag at the thought, upset that we weren't flirting shamelessly. That we no longer looked like we have any …show more content…
Your kisses became brief and emotionless. Our conversations have grown cold and I find an odd comfort in our uneasy silences. Anything was better than forcing words into open air with you. When I watch the stars now I imagine that we somehow got sucked into their world, now we reside galaxies apart. A vast number of things separating us, and no matter how we try to close the gap it can't be done. We cannot budge from our proper places, not without causing cosmic consequences. Yet, I can't seem to find the courage to end this pathetic excuse of a relationship because in the end being with you is better than being

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