Never A Second Glance
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  • Parts 6
  • Time 1h 6m
Ongoing, First published Jul 22, 2014
Mature
"One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." - N |
   
           Nadia Walker is an eighteen year old young women, who has yet to experience any sort of romancing from the opposite sex. She's always the one to have a one sided crush. Unfortunately she always receives the end of the stick when it comes down to it. She believes that love just wasn't a luxury that she could have... Maybe she just wasn't exactly made for it to happen to her. 

    Nadia Walker was always the child who never knew how to get her thoughts across to people through words. It was hard communicating, and it's led to many mistakes. When things get a little bumpy she tries to gather herself together, but it takes a little longer then others. So the people around her begin to believe that she is being insensitive to their feelings. Regretfully that ends many potential 'friendships'. 
   
    This young spirited ball of awkward fierceness, is hard to crack into. She doesn't let people in very easily, and is quite stand off-ish. A horrific incident in the past lead her to be careful and wary of those around her. Therefore she chooses her friends wisely. 

     Nadia believes that her family has a curse that has led her to never have a relationship, and for guys never to be interested in her. So she doesn't even try to get into another relationship after an almost laughable 'first attempt'. 
  
 The worst part about it, is that she has this self-proclaimed 'condition'. Where she can't talk to guys without clamming up, while anxiety eats at her. However it's not only that, Nadia is the type of girl who is a bit  introverted when it comes to people she isn't familiar with.

      But what happens when you throw her into a new setting last minute. With a chiseled down to perfection, beautiful brown eyed guy who clearly doesn't understand the frustrated words of  "Can you not take the hint i'm clearly throwing at you?"
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