Do I Know my Neighbor?

Before I sat next to Haven Shockley, I didn’t know her at all. I knew that she was weird and shy and that was about it. Perhaps due to my utter lack of social skills, the concrete column and I exchanged almost as much conversation as did Haven and I. I even got so close as to lean up against it for support—the column, that is—but I digress.

Over the past few months, I have developed admiration for Haven because she is passionate—about anime, about creative writing, about countless other things I don’t know about. This makes her different: she geeks out because she likes something, not because it’s cool.

In five years, I bet Haven has a job as an illustrator for an anime television series or comic book. Maybe she helps with the plot development, too, because she’s bold and creative and bound for success.

This assignment has really made me think because there’s so much I don’t know. Oh, and Haven’s color is octarine—the eight color of the spectrum and the color of magic—to borrow from author Terry Pratchett.