A Beginning.

… Ansa is someone I met thru Waff. When I first met her she was nice, but somewhat distant. I tried numerous times to get to know her better, but she didn’t seem interested. Maybe it had something to do with the fact we didn’t have any of the same classes. I found myself admiring her all the same though. Most of the kids at school however stayed away from her. They would always talk bad behind her back and such. She is the shy and quiet type which usually makes others nervous. Rumours about her being into all sorts of naughty and inappropriate activities were always spread around school, yet I never belived them. Even Kasumi didn’t really fancy Ansa, but she kept her opinions to herself.

About a month ago, I saw Ansa at lunch time sitting in her usual spot under a tree reading a book. She was keeping to herself just when I saw three classmates approach her. I didn’t think much about it until I noticed one of them grabbed the book out of Ansa’s hand. The girl that was with the two boys started to talk loudly to Ansa, almost shouting at her. Ansa stood up and tried to grab her book back from one boy, but the other boy pushed her down to the ground. At this point, I was concerned. I started to walk over, but Yumi grabbed my arm and warned me not to get involved. Assuring Yumi that I will be alright, I walked quickly over to the scene. I stood by Ansa asking the three what the problem was. The girl explained that she had just failed a important exam because the teacher accused her of copying answers from Ansa. Insisting of not knowing anything about this, Ansa asked for her book back. One boy then started to taunt Ansa, while the other started to rip pages out of her book. With a bolt of rage, Ansa suddenly threw a punch at the boy who was tearing the pages out of her book. She hit him in the face so hard that he dropped the book and fell backwards. He landed on some other students that were eating. The students that were eating didn’t see how this happened, but took their anger out on the boy who disturbed their meal. The boy who was busy taunting Ansa saw this and went over to help his friend out. Generally, a peaceful lunch area had turned into a small scale war it seemed. The Headmaster along with teachers started to break up the small fights in between the students. As this was going on, I picked up Ansa’s book off the ground and noticed that a fight had broken out between the girl and Ansa. I quickly got inbetween them so they would stop, but that didn’t matter. The girl started to yell at me. She was so angry for me getting involved that she tried to throw a punch at me. Just before I could react, Ansa took her book from my hand and smacked the girl in the face with it. Tears quickly filled the girl’s eyes as she turned to run away. Unfortunately a teacher saw all this and came over to escort Ansa to the Deputy Headmaster’s office.

Time has passed since then. Yesterday as I walked towards the cafeteria during luch time, I felt a poke in my arm. Assuming it had to be Kasumi or Tobie, it came to my surprise that it was Ansa. I hadn’t seen her around school much since the incident. She invited me to sit with her for lunch. As we ate, she thanked me for trying to help her out and explained what happened afterwards. She said after all that mess, that she never got into trouble. The ones disciplined were the three who originally came over and started it. I was happy about the turnout and we both laughed about it. At this point in time, I felt that Ansa was warming up to me in her own way. The few times I’ve been in her presence, Waff would always be with me to cure any awkward silences. With our current state of pleasant conversation, I gathered up the courage to invite her to go shopping with me after school. She accepted eagerly which made me surprised as well as happy. As the bell rang to go back to class, we made our plans to meet up later. I walked her to her class, then went back to mine.

A few hours later we find ourselves in my car with the top down listening to loud music that Ansa had brought. It wasn’t my type, but it didn’t matter because she kept me entertained with stories about Waff which I didn’t know. She had known him for a few months longer than me, so I brought him up in conversation. We also talked about school, friends, and musical tastes. She told me that she was quite aware of all the things that were said behind her back and that it didn’t bother her. She also said that she in fact started some of those rumours because she was bored and thought it would be funny. As we both laugh about that, I was feeling much more comfortable around Ansa now that we have this chance to get aquainted.

We drove around the city as we talked about Waff and what shopping areas were interesting. Due to lack of time and being a bit tired from a long school day, we agreed on a mall downtown. It was a newer one and I only had been there once before with my girlfriends, so I was fine with our decision. We went to a few of her favourite stores than to mine. In one store, Ansa fell in love with a certain outfit. She couldn’t afford it, but said she will buy it later with some money she would get for her upcoming birthday. Walking around the mall is a good source for people watching. We saw so many different types. Annoying little kids ran by us, when I happen to get a phone text from Yumi inviting me to go out. I replied back that I was with Ansa, and we can go out another time. Yumi replied by being in shock and was going to tell Kasumi & Tobie. I turned my phone off and noticed that Ansa was also replying to a text she got. She quickly responded and suggested that we should leave.

Ansa explained that the text she received was from Waff. Apparently he installed a new sound system in her car and it was ready to be picked up. I drove her to Waff’s shop where we stayed a few minutes chatting. We invited him to go out with us for food, but he said he had to stay behind to finish up some work for customers. Ansa and I said goodbye to Waff and decided on where to go for food. We drove our own cars to this restaurant that was close to her home. During the meal, I explained to her that I was very glad to finally spend some time with her. I’ve always wanted to, but never found the nerve to approach her. She said she been meaning to ask me, but admitted to being too shy as well. We finished up with our meals and walked outside to our cars. She tells me that she has a lot of homework to get done before she can sleep, so our evening must come to a end. I agreed that it was also getting late as well, so we gave each other a hug good night and went our seperate ways.

It took me four long hours to complete my homework before I could finally lay down to sleep. However before I crawled into bed, I noticed that I had received a late night text on my phone. I go to view the message and it was from Ansa telling me to sleep well. I smiled as my head hit the pillow knowing that we were finally friends.