Mint Chocolate Chip And Skittles: A Short Story

“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed” (C.G. Jung). The contact I held with Paige, definitely felt like a reaction. However, repeatedly with relations between people, communication contains vast importance. The close friendship failed, when one question about a dance lead to miscommunication. School dances, where alcohol and partying usually ensues, considered the pinnacle of high school. Many consider the excitement of this night not comparable. Societal expectations and our natural belief creates an atmosphere altering decisions based on logical assumptions; enhancing the fear of negative possibilities in life. When looking at her, it was her
The night ended up being a wonderful day, including a lot of laughs; she gave me a hug at the end of the night. Physical affection is not something I strive to have more than necessary. Her perfume permeated my nostrils drawing me in; my head said no, I dislike this. Her warm smile, enticed me to come closer, but she came closer. My breathing picked up, I felt nervous, and I started sweating. The confusion began to swell, she is just a friend, and this only a hug. Fighting my inner guy to not hug her, I tripped and fell onto her bed. She stood over top of me, like a cheetah over top their prey. I knew I had been bested, still she surprised me, her hug was warm, and loving. Being the 16 year old kid I brushed it off as a funny accident with my close friend, however, my friend thought
My only assumption was the fear of meeting new people, and the fear of maybe being left out created this, almost nightmare reality; that she thought would be the situation if she accepted my acquisition. The possibility of my friends not accepting her, a problem she always struggled with, I consider a turning point of her decision. However, I gave my word that my friends would be accepting of her. Did her past experiences aid to this? I had been kind and everything that most people wish for. This society in her opinion was in such shambles that risking meeting new people definitely creates a disastrous situation. I disliked this view point. Fear, human’s greatest weaknesses, enlarged her beliefs, leading to irrational