She had learned very early in life how to sit quietly. Not because she never wanted to but no one ever expected.
She was not the kind of girl students and teachers remembered after school. When teachers meeting happened her name rarely came up. Not because she troubled them because she existed in between.
"Average"
This word followed everywhere "average"
In school teachers said she is" average"
In gatherings her family said she is "average"
And somehow this word felt heavier
She realized that being average was not her enemy
Staying average forever was.