and, because i didn't carry on my schooling with these kids, i actually don't recognize any of them - except the two girls i'm standing beside, strangely enough. i don't know who arranged us, probably the teacher, but i got a choice spot, didn't i? the blonde actually ended up at the high school i went to, and gave me mixed signals for years - i was never sure, so i just kept a distance. the thing is that she grew up into a very, very shy teenager, so i could never figure it out, and felt the consequences of getting it wrong could be kind of crushing, for her. she seemed like an ornament you don't want to sit on - and i state that with as much gender egalitarianism as i can muster; she was legitimately delicate, right down to a falsetto voice, and i truly feared breaking her. i haven't seen her in years.
i liked the brunette, might even say we were friends, but i never saw her again after i switched schools.
i don't remember any of the other kids, here. at all.
