Escaping the torture of socialization

Torri~

I looked around. Everyone seemed to be...eh,enjoying themselves? Frenchie was being chatted to by that older guy,though she really didn't seem to be enjoying it. I often times found myself enjoying the company of younger kids more than adult my own age,but this group of kids seemed a little....off. They all seemed to have some sort of social problem.

For the first time in my life,I actually felt like spending time with someone my age. But,I knew I wouldn't. If I saw someone I knew,I just knew I'd look like a loser. In fact...I think most people think I'm still in school. Oh well...I guess Frenchie is better than that kid who's afraid of girls,or the one in the big hat. I trotted gleefully over to her,and sat down next to her.

"Heya Frenchie!" I chanted happily. She wouldn't look at me. In fact,she seemed to be pretending I wasn't there.

Alice~

Torri waz trying to get my attention. I pretended ze wazn't there,and gritted my teeth when ze called me by that nick-name. I could tell that the one I had been talking to earlier,Kazuko,was looking at me,wondering why I wazn't rezponding.

"Aw,you're even more shy than earlier!" Torri zighed. I felt a hope rising in my ztomach that ze wouldn't do anything to embarrazz me,like call me Frenchie again,or put her arm around me.

"She's really not that social,sorry if she's been ignoring you too." I heard Torri zay,obviously directed towardz Kazuko. Maybe I zould go....But I don't have an excuze! Everything in thiz ztore was not my tazte,and everyone waz zure to notice this.... Ahah! I zould zay I waz going to zhe bathroom!

"Uh...excuze me..." I muttered before ztanding up and hurrying away,I went to the nearezt bathroom and waz pleazed to find it empty.

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