Clumsiness is a gift and a curse.
Quite recently, in my middle school experiences, I've encountered a girl who I would like to befriend, get to know better. She's right down from my locker, one away!
Because she has the uncanny ability to make my bodily functions cease to work, I've had trouble starting a conversation.
Sometimes, something bad happens for one, and it has a good effect on another in clumsiness:
As I open my locker, I hear an "EEK!" and a "OhMyGoshI'mSoSorry".
I whirl around, and see the subject of the matter, (who will be referred to as "R.R.) clutching a cup and some chocolate milk sloshed out of it down her locker and across a few others.
We make eye contact.
My vocal cords swell to an uncontrollable size. My eyes dialate rapidly. My stomach closes up. My heart does a somersault. The usual reaction.
A few words slip out, probably something gentlemanly and helpful. She says something polite, like a thank you, but I forget exactly what happened. I got some paper towels for her, and then I had to go off to the Fine Arts building to pick up my cello.
Sometimes, something bad happens for one, and it's just bad for them in clumsiness:
I was at my locker, taking a drink of my water cup. And it slips from my hand! With a plasticy thud, it hits the ground and opens. I make a sound that sounds like a dying Enderman from Minecraft, and I run into the bathroom, grab some paper towels and clean it up. Then my friend Myles races by, and says:
"Race you to Strings, Max!" and runs down the stairs. I shut my locker and take off, my feet sliding up in the air. I hit the ground and catch myself on my knee on the floor, and race down the stairs. Myles adds as I run down the stairs: "I saw that, Max! Epic fail!" Something like that, I don't know.
So Theory: Adolescence has helped me find Discovery: Clumsiness. Eventually I'll refine my Discovery into a Theory.
-Max