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Enjoy the show. I'm going to be. So, During my freshman year of college in New Hampshire, A girl in my dorm hall accidentally caused a small dorm room

fire by leaving popcorn in the microwave too long at 3 a.m. Everyone who lived there had to evacuate and a bunch of fire trucks came.

The resident advisors made a pretty big stink about it.

The girl who caused the fire was the subject of many jokes and I felt bad for her because she was already a bit of an outcast.

She always looked particularly lonely and I thought causing an accidental microwave fire seemed like a pretty innocent mistake

especially considering all of the harsh comments and jokes

A couple of days after the incident, I saw her in the resident hall.

I made casual small talk with her by lightly asking how things had been popping

for her. I just wanted to check up on her since I felt

bad. She laughed at my question and that was it. We just had a short conversation and then moved on.

About one week later, I heard a knock at my dorm door, and it was the girl who started the

microwave fire.

We'll refer to her as popcorn from here on out.

When I opened the door, popcorn ran into my room with no hesitation.

I wasn't even sure how she knew where my room was since I never told her my room number.

She didn't even know what my name was yet, so I figured she must have seen me walk in there once, and it took me a second to realize that

she was in full-blown tears.

And just like that, in the blink of an eye, there was a stranger sitting on my bed crying hysterically.

I have a bleeding heart, so I launched into consoling her right away and asked her what was wrong.

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