You were minding your own business in class, until your teacher called out, “You'll partner up with Marcus.”

You knew who Marcus was, but not well he was kind, but hella popular - and he smiled broadly as he patted your shoulder.

“Hey, what's up?'

he said, effortlessly making small talk. You enjoyed it a bit, smiling back. But you were often on the introvert side and didn’t talk a lot as you felt your nerves appear..but you tried to remain polite.