Girl of Opposites

Josie has always been a strange person.

There have always been the rumors about her, of course. Her close friends don’t let anything out of their circle, but some of them almost seem scared around her. Anyone who has made the mistake of doing anything to them has ended up seriously hurt. But she always has this kind persona. She loves flowers, and cats, and all the “cute” things. I think in the end she’s just a whole bunch of paradoxes.

Like, one moment she’s in art class with her little group of girls making flower crowns and talking about how her cat did the most hilarious thing yesterday, and how precious the thing is. She has this bubbly laugh where you wouldn’t suspect she’s ever done anything wrong in the world.

The next, she’s in an alley standing over the strongest guy in the school, who’s on the ground and isn’t really moving much. Of course, nobody else saw except me, which is just about my luck. She didn’t chase me, but I would rather not stick around there for long.

Ever since then, she’s been sort of sticking closer to me. Watching me whenever she can. I don’t know if she’s biding her time until it’s perfect to strike, or if I'm about the only person she doesn’t have it out for. I can never get a read on her. Either way, this past week had probably been the most stressful of my life.

Then she spoke to me, and suddenly last week didn’t seem that bad. Just walked up to me wearing one of those flower crowns and went “Hi, Duncan!” in her weird cutesy voice. Can you believe that? I didn’t even know she knew my name. Maybe she’s been stalking me. I started to try and formulate a response, but she had walked away before I could. I feel like if she was angry, I would already be dead.

Despite everything I've seen, I can't help but be curious about this girl. Why does she act the way she does while also hiding her true self? Why does she not seem to have it out for me when it seems like she’s out for everyone else who’s crossed her? I want to find out the truth, but do I really want to risk it? I think I should at least try, so that’s what I'll do.