"You're intimidating" they would say.

"They just don't know how to talk to you." she heard.

"You're not like the other girls." they told her.

Tired of being told to be more approachable, to smile more; she became defiant.

Brick by brick she built a wall around her heart so high she refused to let anyone in.

Until he knocked at the front gates in a leather jacket, ripped jeans, and a smug smile on his face.

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