young age, bye

When you're growing up, and especially when you're shy, you often find ways to stay in the background and follow what others are doing, when with lots of people.  And whenever you linger or look shy or confused you can just blame it on being young.  And you get used to it in any social situation, and no matter what you do, you think people will look at it as something you did because you're young and silly.  But at some point, you realize that you've grown up, and people around you, peers and not peers, see you as a person, not just a little girl.  So when you do something, it defines you, and not your age.