Today I was eating in CK with Josh and I saw a girl I’ve known for some time. She stood up to leave and saw me. So I smiled and waved. She waved back.
And then her face flashed pity so strong I almost choked.
And it’s not like there’s a comprehensible reason for it. I haven’t hung out with her for a while because school placed us in different classes and work and whatever. I have absolutely no idea why she pities me. Maybe . . . no, I got nothing. I mean, it could be that I was misreading her face. It could have also been the condescending happy face that people make at children when the kid does something stupid and adorable. BUT it had an element of sadness around the eyes. If you ARE that person or someone (preferably female) with some insight, go ahead and throw it at me because I’m superconfused.
Maybe you were eating something she thought looked really gross and she pitied your apparent lack of food-choosing skills...
ReplyDeleteNo, it seemed way deeper than that (and chili dogs are good stuff, what are you saying?)
ReplyDeleteAre you sure the pity was for YOU and not for HER, or for a situation that she figured you'd know about (say, mutual friends)?
ReplyDeleteWhat? Explain, please.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't make any kind of sense.
I think anelles47 might be right. My guess is she had a flash of sadness for herself (and maybe you too) because seeing you reminded her that she never sees you anymore. She might have suddenly missed you and made a face that expressed that.
ReplyDeleteIt was just an idea. I'm not saying your food/chili dogs wasn't good... (Although Janelle and Katy are probably more correct about this than I am.)
ReplyDeleteI liked your idea, Ali.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, Robby, I'm just not making any sense to you this week, am I? Hey, at least Katy got it. ^_^
Hm . . .
ReplyDeleteMaybe. That's actually possible.
It freaked me out to see her face, though. I almost burst out laughing, too (which would have been disrespectful). But I held it in.
And I'm sorry, Janelle. We'll have to figure out some new lanugage to use or something.
I'm glad you weren't disrespectful, or whatever.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should just learn how to use this one, though I did create a secret language once, and that was fun too... Do you speak ugabithut?
No. But thanks. It sounds nauseating.
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