You're a wonderful person and you've probably been through a lot more than me. And you always keep going forward. Me, I'm too sensitive, I barely know how to act around people, and I keep on making bad decisions.

[She bites her lip and rubs her eye as if trying to make sure it doesn't get misty.]

When I turned sixteen and I found out that it was going to take me years to actually grow up, I didn't know what to think. I saw people come and go, places changing, people moving on... everything changed so fast and I didn't have anyone. It's why I was such a recluse for so long.