Surprises.

"There are certain times in my life where I get to do nothing but think. And let me tell you, thinking can get really, well, weird for starters. With the number of scenarios that our brain is capable of putting forth and the number of ways in which we can get hurt because of that, calling the experience weird would be putting it in the mildest of forms", her words cut through his ears.

"And it's not like I would put myself through this voluntarily, sometimes, it just takes me away with it leaving me with no choice but to listen to it. I would try distracting myself with videos, songs and try having pretend conversations with all of those people who pretend to be friends with me but nothing would work. Everything about my environment becomes silent and my mind goes absolutely berserk. Granted, it does give me my fair share of pleasant moments but those are no way a compensation for the cluttered chaotic tantrums that it thrusts at me. I would want to scream, but who would I scream at? I would want to cry but I think I've established that tears no longer are things my eyes can produce. It's not even painful, I would much rather deal with pain than deal with whatever this is", she elaborated.

He was staggered. He wanted to tell her he understood every single word and that he could even relate to them, but couldn't. Something stopped him. Perhaps he didn't know how to tell her, wait, no, that's not it. He did know that. Guess he got caught off guard. There was so much he wanted to say and he said so very little. Guess life just likes to surprise us.