The History of Zach and Adrienne: Take 2
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Who: Zach, Adrienne, and an old friend Meredith
When: Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Noon.
Where: The School
What: Their first real meeting. Exploring via Hide ‘n’ Seek!
Lounging against the wall with his hands in his pockets, Zach had shown up a few minutes before noon to wait for the others. Meredith would be here first since Adrienne still had a final, which was good because he wasn’t sure if he wanted to see Adrienne immediately. His brain was a little foggy since he was so sleepy while talking to her last night, but he remembered most of their conversation and felt embarrassed about it. Flirting wasn’t exactly Zach’s thing, especially not with someone he hadn’t even met in person. He had a said a lot of interesting things last night, though, to anyone who happened to message him as he lingered on one of the library’s computers long after he should have been in bed.
He was wide awake now and a little anxious. He figured his openness online, despite the fact that he hadn’t really used those chat programs much before, came about due to anonymity. What he didn’t really figure last night was that he would eventually meet these people in person, and his first impression made him look either borderline crazy or narcissistic and flirtatious. Whenever Meredith arrived, Zach made a mental note to give her his entire pack of caffeine mints. Those things were evil. She could have every last one of them.
This making friends business was a change for him, especially considering his seclusion back at home. Zach was hoping he was giving everyone the right impression. Laid back, friendly, and easy to get along with seemed to fit the rest of his personality like a glove. His withdrawal all those years wasn’t because he disliked people. It was because he was different. He was strange, not normal — a freak of nature, to put it simply.
Hiding wasn’t necessary here, though.
Zach didn’t plan on befriending the entire student body, but he was working on getting to know the people around him and finding ones who enjoyed his company. Everybody here was so diverse. Zach didn’t follow the normal patterns of cliques or packs — a ‘social chameleon,’ as his sister had called him. He was bound to make friends with people who hated each other, coming from such separate ends of the social spectrum, but that was okay. Zach’s new friends didn’t have to all like each other and hang out with each other.
Whether or not they liked him . . . well, that was all that really mattered.
When: Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Noon.
Where: The School
What: Their first real meeting. Exploring via Hide ‘n’ Seek!
Lounging against the wall with his hands in his pockets, Zach had shown up a few minutes before noon to wait for the others. Meredith would be here first since Adrienne still had a final, which was good because he wasn’t sure if he wanted to see Adrienne immediately. His brain was a little foggy since he was so sleepy while talking to her last night, but he remembered most of their conversation and felt embarrassed about it. Flirting wasn’t exactly Zach’s thing, especially not with someone he hadn’t even met in person. He had a said a lot of interesting things last night, though, to anyone who happened to message him as he lingered on one of the library’s computers long after he should have been in bed.
He was wide awake now and a little anxious. He figured his openness online, despite the fact that he hadn’t really used those chat programs much before, came about due to anonymity. What he didn’t really figure last night was that he would eventually meet these people in person, and his first impression made him look either borderline crazy or narcissistic and flirtatious. Whenever Meredith arrived, Zach made a mental note to give her his entire pack of caffeine mints. Those things were evil. She could have every last one of them.
This making friends business was a change for him, especially considering his seclusion back at home. Zach was hoping he was giving everyone the right impression. Laid back, friendly, and easy to get along with seemed to fit the rest of his personality like a glove. His withdrawal all those years wasn’t because he disliked people. It was because he was different. He was strange, not normal — a freak of nature, to put it simply.
Hiding wasn’t necessary here, though.
Zach didn’t plan on befriending the entire student body, but he was working on getting to know the people around him and finding ones who enjoyed his company. Everybody here was so diverse. Zach didn’t follow the normal patterns of cliques or packs — a ‘social chameleon,’ as his sister had called him. He was bound to make friends with people who hated each other, coming from such separate ends of the social spectrum, but that was okay. Zach’s new friends didn’t have to all like each other and hang out with each other.
Whether or not they liked him . . . well, that was all that really mattered.