Timid

1.The Beginning (pt.1)

NAOMI'S POV:

Okay!

Let me start from the very beginning to help you guys understand how I, us, we got to this point in our lives.

Anyway, my name is Naomi, and that guy on the other end of the line was Asher. We've been best friends since we were born. Our moms were super close friends in College and ended up getting pregnant around the same time. So Asher and I have been in each other's lives since the beginning. Even though we were super close during elementary school, when it came to high school, our friend groups just started to drift apart. He was the super cool, super popular jock, and I was just the nobody, the nerd, the geek, the loner, whatever you want to call it. Just know that I wasn't one of the super cute and popular cheeks at our school.

Asher was always there for me, protecting me, and so on; he is my knight in shining armor, minus the romance part. The minute he found out I was getting bullied, he did everything in his power to stop it from happening. Which meant lots and lots of fights where I had to, most of the time, step in and help him not get his ass beat.

Even though senior year came rolling in, Ash still made it his point to include me in whatever his crew of, may I add, fake friends thought was fun. Which led me to take part in whatever stupidity they did even though I didn't want to be there in the first place. An excellent book in our quiet tree house is where I would rather be. I was not having to worry about others wanting my presence there or not.

Ash always had girls swarming around him like birds to a pile of seeds on the ground, and he loved the attention all too much. From a young age, he was always popular with the ladies, and as he got older, the attraction from the girls around him grew more and more, to the point where he always had girls who would by all means toss their bodies onto him, driving them insane. I was happy for him and all his lady attraction, but it didn't help that they always had the problem that Ash would choose to hang out with me over any of the other girls in our grades.

So, yes, Ash was always the ladies' man, but as for me, on the other hand, I hated even the thought of being popular; it always made me sick to my stomach. There are too many expectations you have to uphold just to be liked by people.

EWWW!

You're probably wondering about Ash and my relationship. I can tell you confidently that we always had a very platonic relationship where I made sure whatever attraction I had towards him would disappear because come on, he is literally my childhood best friend and totally out of my league. So I instead kept and threw away any of my feelings for him that were not platonic so that I wouldn't lose my friend, who had never shown a slight affection or even the slightest interest in me, might I add.

All in all, getting through high school and having a super popular friend was a challenge in itself. Which I told myself I never wanted to experience again. So, I decided to change the part of me that made me feel small and unliked. I spent the whole summer at my grandparents' house just working on my body, learning how to do my hair to enhance my features, and buying clothes that not only showed off my beautifully shaped body but also made me feel beautiful and increased my confidence.

The new and improved me was ready to conquer the world.

COLLEGE, HERE I COME!