Both Sides of the Story (Phil Collins song!)

It's funny, when you think you know how some one is, and then you suddenly find out that they aren't that way at all. You see, I have this friend who I've known for like three years or so, and you'd think that we would be good friends by now, but I still feel sometimes that I hardly know her. I went to her house last week and I found out a lot of things about her... It was kind of weird. I mean, I like her, but she just seems so distant sometimes, and it's rare that I have a conversation where she really seems to open up. She didn't exactly open up, it was really more of a pointless conversation, but I found out a lot of things about her that I didn't know before. I always thought that she didn't do certain stuff that a lot of people, including myself do, cuz she was too "cool" for it or whatever, but as it turns out she doesn't do those things cuz she isn't ALLOWED to! It was weird to hear that stuff......I always thought differently of her until then. I don't think she really meant to change my opinion of her, but she did do that by talking to me. It wasn't in a bad way....I just think of her differently now. I always thought she was cool and had everything under control, like nothing could phaze her, but now I realize that she has soft spots too. She's just as vulnerable, if not more so, than me or you. She just chooses to cover it up with an "I don't care" attitude, but I wish she wouldn't. I wish she could see that those soft parts are beautiful, you don't have to hide them. Why do so many people do that? They don't want anyone to see their vulnerable spots, so they cover them up by acting all tough and cool. THey think that if someone were to see how they really are then people will think of them as weak. But it isn't that way at all.