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  • Uh, Hey there.

  • Everyone else in class seems to have a partner already, so it looks like you and I are a team.

  • You know, process of elimination... Yeah.

  • So, are you like, new?

  • Like a transfer student?

  • Huh?

  • I hadn't really noticed you in class before.

  • Oh.

  • So, you're new?

  • No, I've sat two desks behind you all year long.

  • How is that even possible?

  • I fade into the background sometimes.

  • Okay, the fade into the background, that's what I do.

  • That's my thing.

  • There's no way you could have pulled it off all year.

  • Yeah... So anyway, our topic is the French Revolution.

  • -You know what, how about we split up the duties between us so, -I'll just do all the work, and you can do the talking.

  • Well, okay.

  • I think personally, my strength lies in research less so public speaking.

  • Same with me.

  • Well, the last time I got up in front of the class to present, I threw up.

  • The last time I got up in front of a class to present, I blacked out, hit my head on the floor, and had to be rushed to the hospital.

  • I died and had to be resuscitated twice.

  • Okay, I guess I'll do the talking.

  • I'll just make sure I have a garbage can nearby.

  • So, uh, what's your name?

  • Huh?

  • I need to know your name.

  • Why?

  • I mean, we're working together on a project, isn't it a little odd if I don't know your name?

  • Okay, well, my name is Frank.

  • Yeah, I don't really like small talk.

  • Is that what I'm doing?

  • Uh, let me just, you know, get to work in silence.

  • Okay, and I'll just sit here and mentally prepare myself to give a presentation tomorrow.

  • Oh.

  • So, the varsity basketball team has been doing pretty well this year, huh?

  • Sorry, I have never been this uncomfortable with silence before.

  • You're just so quiet, I feel like I have to keep talking and be the outgoing one in order to save this interaction from becoming a mattress fire of awkwardness.

  • You are really draining me.

  • Is this how other feel when they talk to me?

  • Okay, this is getting to be too much for me, so I'm gonna take the, the textbook, and go to the bathroom for the rest of the class period so I can research in peace.

  • What is happening to me?

  • I have become the thing that I dread.

Uh, Hey there.

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