The truth of the misconception

The truth of the misconception

Jessica was a high school student who was preparing to get into college. She went to the
library to study for the SAT Exam. It was really important to her to get high score on that exam. Recently, Jessica caught a cold, and she had come with a runny nose. When she arrived to the library, there was no empty seat. Just like Jessica, there were many students trying to study for the exam. Wandering around in the library for few minutes, Jessica finally found seats for six people. Because she did not want to waste her time to find a spot to study, she sat down without hesitated and started to study.

However, as soon as she stated study, her nose flew down. It was okay for about first ten minutes but when it constantly bothered her from study.
“I can't concentrate like this.” Jessica whispered.

Jessica wanted to study peacefully but the runny nose kept her from the calmness.

"I want to get rid of this runny nose!" She murmured.

She could no longer to hold her nose. She wanted to blow her nose; however, she was afraid of distracting other people. She hesitated whether she should blow her nose in the library or not. She decided to blow her nose outside. As soon as she stood up to go out, the nose was already running out of her nose, and it was passing through her tip of the nose. Quickly, she grabbed the tissue and blew her nose so loud; she had no choice because if she didn’t blow her nose, her snot would be all over her books. After Jessica blew her nose, she looked around. Everyone in the studying room got distracted and stared at her with a full of hatred.
"I’m sorry. I really had to… I just blew my nose... you know..."

Jessica murmured and sat down.

"Is it having a runny nose a crime? Is it such a big crime to blow my nose here?" Jessica whispered.

She shut her mouth and began to study. About half of an hour later unfortunate thing happened to her again that she wasn't able to stop her nose run. Because she was making a little nose every single minute, people around her evaded Jessica. When she realized that people were avoiding her, she stood up and looked around. Only one man remained in his seat. He didn't seem to hear her nose blowing noise, because he had a headphone in his ears.

Jessica was thankful to him, but when her eyes just met his icy gaze she knew that she was mistaking. Jessica realized that he had heard her nose blowing from the beginning.
So Jessica felt sorry to him. She decided to keep silence even her nose was running down.

Some reason, he was glimpsing, with his pale face, at her more than five times even she did not blow her nose. Jessica thought that the reason why he glimpsed was that she blew her nose an hour ago. She couldn't stay there anymore in the library. She was distracting everybody in the library and could not focus her study anyway because of the nose. So she decided to go back home. When Jessica was packing up her books and her pens, she wondered about him. It was little odd for her that the guy, who was sitting near her, was bothered when Jessica blew her nose only once. Jessica was mad because she felt like a criminal because of him.
"I'll never go back with a runny nose again!" Jessica said it in her mind.

When she stood up and ready to leave the place, Jessica wasn't still able to blow her nose due to the embarrassment and the distraction for another people. The man remained in his seat even after Jessica left the study table. Suddenly, the man’s countenance became relaxed and made a weird sound. Jessica looked back and saw him. Although I could not smell anything because of the runny nose, I could sort the sound. It was very familiar sound for every man. He farted. Jessica now understood the reason why he kept looking at her and looked pale. He held his head down and he whispered, "Oh, it's so comforting…" The man looked back and saw Jessica standing his back. Jessica giggled and told him, “It’s okay. You don’t need to get embarrassed. I know that feeling but in a different way.” Then, she left the library. The man could not put his head up and say anything back to her.