She's a shy girl. No one can deny that, but some might say she's stone cold as well. Let's start from middle school, shall we?

She used to be a social butterfly. She loved people, she loved making friends, and she loved the friends she had. She was never one to ignore anyone, but that changed when a particular group of girls became her friend.

They were cool at first. They were the kind of girls everyone liked, so to be invited into their clique was exciting for her.

It's a shame she was so gullible...

The girls turned on her some weeks later, bullying her and saying mean things for no reason at all. The girl didn't know why. Maybe she was just the easiest target. Finally, she was fed up with allowing herself to be weak in front of those girls.

She became a hollow shell of what she used to be in the sixth grade.

She started ignoring the girls. She distanced herself from the others, not including her friends. They were still very close to her.

Seventh grade and eighth grade were the same. She never gave second chances again. Anyone who did her wrong was going to be shunned. That was how she worked.

Then freshman year rolled around. The year before, her sister introduced her to Wattpad, a place where she could post the story she started in sixth grade. That story was the only thing keeping her to earth, to be honest. She started posting her story, and after a few months, people started reading and commenting. It boomed around freshman or eighth grade. She felt really good about the people commenting. It seemed to give her a purpose.

And then a particular user rolled around, commenting some things on her several stories. That person was a little weird, and some of the comments bothered the girl, but she didn't mind. There was someone here willing to comment multiple times on her stories and willing to reply to her replies. It felt...

Nice.

That spark of warmth she thought she lost was coming back. Tender at first, but slowly, ever so slowly, it's coming back.

~Present Day~

Sophomore year. That user and the girl have been talking for about two years or so. They've become best friends.

That user is named 808Hawaii_girl.

And that girl is me.