Some Drifting

Social interaction was difficult for them after long years of attempts and repeated failures. They lacked both the inclination and the polished manner to fit in with a larger audience, and in the group they did, both by choice and by default, belong to, they lacked the distinction and the lewdness to ever become really popular. By some twist of fate they were , the two of them, more mature than their peers, prone to subtlety and word-plays. This left them with some popularity among the teachers at the school, but they were never very popular among their peers and were often left alone at the edge of the group. This ostracization affected them both, to varying degrees: he, the extrovert, became frustrated early on with the failures at his sincere attempts to entice the populace; she, more introverted and pessimistic, kept to her books and her silence, becoming disillusioned to the pleasures of society more quickly than her partner. Therefore they shared common interests, and therefore each accepted the other as a welcome interlude from the indifference with which they were generally treated.