My name is Jeremy and I live in the town of Oakwood.  Oakwood is just your typical town type town.  It's not big like New York City or tiny like some near ghost town.  I guess you might say that Oakwood is just an average town.

I'm a high school senior, and I guess you might say I'm just an average guy.  I'm average height and average weight.  I'm neither ugly nor handsome, just sort of average looking.  I'm, however, quite a bit smarter than average.  This last creates a problem for me.  I want a girl who's also quite a bit smarter than average.  Unfortunately, the kind of girl I'm looking for isn't all that easy to find, at least for a guy like me.

My problem centers around a girl named Jill.  Jill and I go to school together.  Jill is average height, for a girl.  She looks to be average weight for her height and I'm not going any further than that, without a gun pointed at my head.  Jill's looks are sort of average, although she could look a lot better if she used the makeup some of the girls in the school use.  Jill is also quite a bit smarter than average.

Because of the school thing, I found out some time back that Jill and I each have a well above average IQ and that we have almost identical, very high IQ scores.

I don't like having to explain simple things to the people I'm with and I can see that Jill would be a good girlfriend for me and maybe more than just a good girlfriend, over time.

The problem is that Jill doesn't do anything social, unless she's pretty much forced to do so.

I have no idea why Jill avoids social situations.  If I'm to get acquainted with Jill, I need to find a way to at least get to talk to the girl.  However, every time I get even a little close to Jill, she goes into her normal avoidance mode.  I can't figure how to get past her outer defenses.

With only a couple of months left in our senior year of high school, Jill and I get assigned a school report to do, as a team!

With no choice in the matter, Jill and I begin to meet after school, down at the public library, to work on the report.

However, Jill is obviously not very happy with the arrangement.

I'm puzzled and I ask Jill, “Jill, what is it about me that you dislike?”

Jill immediately goes on the defensive and asks me, “Why do you think I dislike you, Jeremy?”

“I have wanted to talk to you for a long time.  However, you're very difficult to get close to.  This forced meeting thing is the first time I have ever been able to really talk to you.”

Jill doesn't look me in the eyes and says, “Well, I'm a very private person.”

“If you were any more private, you would have to be a hermit or maybe that should be hermitess?”

Jill gets very evasive.  She tries to tell me this and she tries to tell me that and none of it really makes any sense.  Jill finally sigh and says, “Okay, look, it's not any problem with you, the problem is with me and I don't want to talk about it.”

I get past Jill's outer defenses only to find that there are also inner defenses.  With no other real option, I drop the subject and we get to work on the report.