Jake

Jake was a boy who was very scared and extremely exuberant at the same time. People thought of him as someone who dared to be different. But in reality, he needed to be different in an exact way so that people would like him. He’s the kind of person you’d describe as having charisma, although acting in a weird, offbeat manner prevented him from becoming one of those high school clones of good-looking people.

One day when Jake was in elementary school, he was standing by the swings during recess. He heard someone whispering the words to his favorite song. The softest voice, but somehow the strongest he had ever heard. He turned around to find the source of the voice, and saw a girl in blue swinging, mouthing the words so they floated away in the sky.

The teacher blew the whistle and recess was over for the girl’s class, so she slowed down and casually jumped off the swing to get in line to walk back to class.
Do you remember that, walking in lines in elementary school? I was always scared I'd get in trouble for talking.