3 Girls

An hour and a half seemed to pass by very quickly- too quickly, considering it was a break from pouring myself into my studies. As I walked back to the changing rooms with Tanya and Sara I caught sight of Haruto talking with the rest of the boys. I was relieved that he seemed to be getting along with everyone.

I paused and realised I already held protective feelings towards the boy; probably because he reminded me of my younger brother. Speaking of, how old was Haruto? I didn't know and I didn't ask either- a slip on my behalf. By this point I had finished changing and was walking out of the swimming pool with the girls. There was a distinct lack of conversation between us due to the conflicting personalities amongst the threee of us.

Sara, crudely put, was an absolute snake and would spill people's secrets for her personal amusement. Tanya- a victim of Sara's- was too much of a pushover for my personal tastes. Tanya continued to hand around Sara despite the fact that Sara outed Tanya as a lesbian to her mildly homophobic parents. They were best friends before Tanya confessed to Sara and after four years of being BFFs . Sara also knew how Tanya's parents were yet disregarded that because , and I quote, "It would be an interesting scene to see how her parents react". Even after knowing that the doormat hangs out with the snake.

I don't consider myself a saint as I know I have an extremely short fuse, a public facade for social intreactions and I can be quite selfish at times. However, I just can't be anything more than civil with Sara and although I tried to reach out to Tanya and ask if her stuation at home was okay, the only reply I recieved was:"Um, I'm just being ignored slightly more than usual so, yeah, um, it's fine", given that reply even after asking for at least ten times, I gave up. As I said, I am no saint and I can't force myself onto somebody who doesn't need or want me to help, interfere or any other verbs which could be used to describe my nosiness.