00:00he was playing outside when he heard his friends coming up the sidewalk he ducked behind the tree
00:06to surprise them he could hear them whispering like they were planning on surprising him too
00:14he was giggling but he kept quiet ready to be surprised the footsteps got closer
00:22but then they passed they were still whispering he peeked out from behind the tree and watched them
00:32run right past his house they weren't planning a surprise they were avoiding him he told himself
00:40he didn't care but he replayed it that night over and over at school he became a little more reserved
00:50by his 20s he kept everyone at a careful distance he would pull away from people before they could
00:57pull away from him convincing himself they didn't really like him he carried that afternoon like
01:04evidence and learned not to expect anyone to choose him
