At one new school, I tried to be friendly…

At one new school, I tried to be friendly by telling a boy-who 1 didn't realize was a popular football player-that I liked his shirt. His girlfriend and her friends spent the rest of the year mocking me for having a "crush" on him-the joke being that I was obviously too ugly to date him. I remember not even bothering to argue; I just wanted to be left alone.