Not exactly. You see, I have this friend. My best friend, actually, and she's probably the most normal girl I can think of.

[She says this affectionately; normal's not being used as an insult here, and her voice grows wistful as she speaks]

But for a moment, she really seemed... I don't want to say special, because she was always special. But for a few days, she seemed to really shine, like she could do anything. She was doing great in class, in sports... everybody wanted to talk to her... everything was going her way, you know? But then...

[She trails off, and blinks, suddenly realizing that she doesn't know what happened. There's something there, another memory she can't quite grasp, and when she speaks again her voice is more muted than before]

But then everything just went back to normal. It was like...

[It was like somebody got into her head.
But who...?]

...sorry, I'm kind of getting off track, aren't I?

[She doesn't need to talk about this with a stranger. Not until she figures it out on her own.]