The Case of the Case

"I am completely un-extraordinary"
Her soft blue eyes squinted up as she frowned. Heavy worry lines setting in her forehead.
"Of course you're extraordinary, why don't you think you are?" She didn't even love me back.
"There are millions of people smarter than me. There are writers, photographers, singers, musicians, mathematicians. Compared to everyone else I'm nothing." Her eyes her filling with tears. Not of sadness. Of rage. She slams the pencil in her hand down and looks at me.
"..."
She nods, and leaves