Yearbook

It always seems to end the same way, doesn’t it? The ‘wallflower girl’ and the ‘popular boy’ fall in love, or the ‘mean girl’ and the ‘weird girl’ become best friends, leaving the entire school in shock. In real life, though, this isn’t so realistic. I mean, yes, it can happen, but it never really does.

This isn’t the triumphant tale of six teenagers who are bold enough to step out of their comfort zone and befriend people of opposite personalities, somehow making it work and becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Rather, this is the less spotlighted story of the ones who embrace the stereotype they’ve been assigned, the ones who, for whatever reason, are afraid of being something that nobody thinks they are, and the ones who, when forced to, are hesitant to even associate with people unlike themselves.

And who knows, maybe along the way the ‘popular boy’ will fall in love with the ‘wallflower girl’, and maybe the same girl will suddenly find herself acquainted with the ‘mean girl.’ But then, maybe not.

And maybe in the end things will come together perfectly, and everyone will realize that breaking out of a stereotype is always the right thing to do. But then, maybe not.