THERE IS ONE FRIEND

I was a.. shy person in high school. I didn’t feel close to most of my classmates. I wasn't bullied, never was. It's just when I was in high school I felt like I was with the wrong crowd most of the time. I felt like I’m this tiny person walking among giants like I don’t belong

There was this boy though he was everything I was not, he was popular. People greet him wherever he goes. They always wants to know his opinion on things. It was almost felt like the room react every time he walks in and he, under some weird circumstances, was my friend

One day, I got invited to a birthday party. It was one of our classmate's. Of course I wasn't planning to go. I mean I felt small hanging around my classmate while we were wearing the same uniform. I can't imagine hanging out with them when they got all dressed up and by 'hanging out' I mean standing near them feeling left out

No one asked me about this party but that boy, this friend of he text, "are you planning to go to Olivia's party?"

"Don’t know, not sure" I lied. I knew for sure I wasn’t going

"Okay" he responded

Now while at the party he keep texting me, "Sahil just did the funniest thing..."

"You wont believed who gave the most ridiculous gift"

"They serve that dish that you like"

I can't help but smile reading those text not because they were funny; neither because I want to know what’s going on there. I just cant help but felt warm knowing that there, in the middle of the crowd that I’m so terrified of  there's this boy who, while busy having fun, still thinking about me. And despite that he was probably having the time of his life, He just couldn't wait to tell me all about it