Alex gave me a look.
I started muttering something about how the world was crazy and I just couldn\’t handle it. I was feeling antisocial and I was determined that I would attempt to withdraw me from this scene. The scene of the same people and the same drama. I wanted out.
I must have mumbled a lot about everything, because Alex seemed to daze out. I stopped myself. Then he said that he walked into the user studies lab the other day and suddenly the two of them–Marina and Jeff–stopped their conversation. \”They probably know that I am on your side,\” Alex said.
Then Larry returned from his phone call and we continued working on our project.
And it wasn\’t until a few hours later that it hit me. That I wasn\’t alone in all of this. That I didn\’t have to drive myself into a hole in the ground. It felt so good to hear that I was accepted. And I don\’t know how to show my appreciation. I am not alone. Someone is with me. Someone understands me. Most of all, someone is on my side.