Rallying over Algebra and English assignments with a delayed Science project hunting your back doesn’t sound like a prime situation to be trapped into. Tic, tac, tic, tac: the clock kept on running and I hadn’t even started with my own homework. That’s right, that wasn’t my junior high school work. Nevertheless, there I was, juggling around thousand-pound books and very inaccurate class notes trying to figure out how to do the nasty job of my crush’s sister.
Jamie had an incredibly convincing manner when it came to throwing the burden off her shoulders: “Can you imagine? A whole pile of Math homework, I wouldn’t even be able to go to that play I’ve talked to you about for weeks! Oh, yes. Thank you so much.”, while I just stuttered and nodded. I was a very shy teenager, but I’d always excelled at school. My defensive side, my anti-bullying mechanisms were dormant. But it was my fault, from the beginning I’d just assumed this was the price to be near the ones that I esteemed.
Overall, I slowly realized how wrong I was. As summer vacations came closer, my crush started drifting away, as the amount of time that person spent with me was proportional to the amount of homework I’d done. To be liked only for your looks is one thing, but to be ditched because your brains weren’t useful in the summer was far more of a wake-up call for me. Yes, I was tricked into the illusion of a false gratitude, but the mirage was gone before I even my bathing suit ready for the pool. My lesson? In case it wasn’t clear, don’t manage your relationships as an exchange of services: feelings must flow in both ways.
Works Cited
"Figurative Language." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 2 May 2016. <http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/style-and-usage/Figurative-Language.html>
