La groomer, that little hoe. I never thought about how people viewed my "friendship" with Gnome and Hose, but let's focus on Gnome for a bit. I was talking to Bun (another classmate I'm acquainted with) about something totally irrelevant when the subject of my previous friendship with Gnome and Hose ()() came up. I was friends with Hose and, recently, Gnome. Actually, I don’t know how we became friends initially (she showed up out of nowhere), but anyway, Bun mentioned her, and I remembered when the cracks began to reveal themselves.
I started talking to Headphones, someone in my class whom I was getting to know recently at the time. Although it started out subtle, Gnome would comment on Headphones, and Hose would follow suit. At first I was hesitant about it, but after they had tried to tell me something so outlandish, so out of pocket, I finally saw through the facade. I pushed back a bit and told them that I don't think Headphones is that type of person to do something like that. (But it's never that easy, is it?) They immediately got defensive, turning it on me for ever doubting them, telling me "I'm too innocent" and "too naive" to understand. In their words, "The world is a dangerous place, and we're just trying to protect you!"
I felt kind of like a drugged-up husband, while Gnome acted like a possessive, jealous wife. Whenever someone tried to approach me, let alone talk to me, she would bite back like a cobra, never fully biting down.
In that moment, I felt like, damn, I was a mindless zombie just following her every command—like one of those characters in a horror movie who just won’t leave the creepy house. But when I was with Gnome, it felt like nothing. Yet, deep down, I felt this nagging voice in my head, like I was losing parts of myself. It was like my body was building up tolerance to her behavior, kind of like a drug, and the more I listened, the more she would amp up her controlling act. When I thought, “Damn, that was weird—why am I listening to her?” she would flip on me like I was the one who had done something wrong, questioning her authority. But the good times can blind you from the blaring red flags.
Long story short, if you feel off, just leave, because if you allow them to keep doing whatever they are doing, it will only get worse.
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Explanation of the names
Gnome : That gnome in movies acts normal in the day, but at night it shows its true colors. Her ego is fragile
Hose : A person (usually a gnome) would fill her up with the rumors and lies (and a sprinkle of audacity), and then she sprays hate like a water hose.
