Heather McCallum

The Fungus Among Us

She always felt as though she was a friendly person, outgoing and empathetic. On a daily basis she always tried to help where help was needed; from an open ear listening to the latest baby daddy drama to being the DD to people who didn't invite her to the "awesomest party". She didn't hold grudges, well much anyway, and her friends all thought she was "nice." She had a comfortable life, normal friends and a semi normal HS life. She didn't dress weird, look weird or talk weird. She kept her head below the radar and didn't "rock the boat" per se. She liked normal foods like fast food from "Da Arches" as her best friend Abby calls it. That was their place. They would cut English class fourth period with Creepy Mr. Johnson and go get fries and a Strawberry milk shake and laugh at the "old biddies" with blue hair and crocheting club that always met in the back corner of the dining room every day, something all Upstate South Carolinian women did…promising each other they would "never be like that."