subject: Love Stories - Missing Out [print this page] As a teenager, I was truly a bit of a geekAs a teenager, I was truly a bit of a geek. You know, the whole wearing of glasses, interest in technological back ends, and the teachers pet due to my high grades. Even worse, I was a real bookworm and particularly loved chic lit and love stories. As you can imagine, I was a bit unpopular especially with the boys.
During the summer and winter holidays, I had my nose between some really gorgeous love stories my favourites kinds were about high school or the Victorian era. My parents often urged me to go out and have some fun with my cousins and friends instead of going on the computer or reading books all day.
Going out with my friends was really difficult, especially when I was in the middle of a novel that I just could not keep my hands off. My friends kept coming to my door, asking whether I wanted to go out with them to the beach or to catch the latest blockbuster flick at the movie theatre. It was all a bit annoying really, as all I wanted to do was read! One day, I did end up going to the beach with them and sneaked in a book or two in my backpack. However, once they found out about it, they told me off and accused me of being anti-social and of snubbing them. Oops!
At that moment, it dawned on me that I was being a very bad friend to them. They had persisted on trying to draw me out of my dream world and into the real world, even though I was not willing to do so. I realised that they were true friends as they stuck by me despite my selfishness by not participating in what was going on out there in reality. In hindsight, my parents annoying habit of trying to get me to go out was because they were simply worried that I was neglecting the real world for some solitude and romance in my dream world.
From that moment on, I went out with my family and friends every chance I could possibly get. It was time to create some magical love stories of my own.
