“You have the makings of an outstanding student.”
We were in highschool and sitting in the girls’ quadrangle talking about everything and nothing, and my bestfriend, the smartest in the batch, blurted out those words out of the blue. I looked into her eyes and saw only sincerity.
I furrowed my brows and wondered way into the night about those words. She believed.
A thought: maybe I could believe too.