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I'm not sure when this started happening. It seemed innocent enough in the beginning.
I don't ever remember meeting her for the first time, or ever being introduced. She was just "around" and mingled with all the other kids. She started paying close attention to me when I started pigging out during our season ending party two years ago (in 2004 I think). She told me to stop stealing all the shrimp and I told her that I was just "borrowing" the shrimp but she would have none of that. She would bug me about it consistantly over the ensuing months.
Not that it was a one sided fight; the teasing would go both ways. I would make fun of her and act goofy around her while she would keep chasing me around the gym. This is pretty much normal kid stuff.
One day, I went out to dinner with family and as fate would have it, she was there with her family at the next table. It was a strange coincidence, but I didn't take much notice of it. We did exchange a number of faces during the course of the meal though.
The teasing would continue over the next several months with her and her partners in crime choosing me as the unlucky recipient of their attentions.
One day, I happened to be sitting down on my own when she asked about an abrasion that I had on my right shin. I told her that I got it from broomball. She gave me this quizzical look and I started explaining what broomball was. After my (rather long) description of the sport, she brushed me off and said,
"Naw, you're making it up!"
So I asked her if she believed anything I said, and she said "No". Then I asked,
"So you would you believe me if I told you that you were pretty?"
She said "No" again. So I asked if she didn't think if she was pretty and her response stunned me. I thought she was joking, but I could see it in her eyes that she felt that it was true and wanted me to prove her wrong. So, I made fun of her.
That was a pretty childish response, but I wasn't sure what she would've done if I did start probing deeper. So I left it at that. But we would continue talking after that.
