Loner (n.) A person who prefers not to associate with others.
We all know at least one "loner." They are the quiet ones who sit alone as well as away from those surrounding them. They are ostracized by their peers for their peculiar distaste of interaction. Though I define them for the simple purpose of questioning the ones who ostracize them. Are those loners really so bad?
Keeping out of trouble, out of the drama that seems to surround teenagers. They do what needs to be done in silence and go about their lives. They do not bother those around them, if anything they are invisible to them. A fly on the wall surrounded by a sea of faces to busy to care.
As far as I can remember I have never been a socialite. I preferred books to the incessant chattering of my peers. I was labeled a loner and pushed aside for another more willing subject to take my place. Yet, that was fine with me; who need those who only cared about themselves?