Do I know you?

This is a small town. A small town where almost everyone went to high school together, worked together or knows so and so through their sister's boyfriend's cousin. It's that kind of place. And moving into this community with no ties whatsoever to Long Island, let alone New York, made it tough to find friends - at first. Somehow, though, I've managed to make a mark here. And now, it's rare to leave a bar without having run into someone familiar. It's nice in a way, a feeling of belonging. But the more it happens, the more it loses its appeal. I've lost my outsider veil, something that caused a lot of lonliness, but also made everything new and exciting. Nights out here are starting to resemble holiday vacations at home, where before stepping into the local bar, you always wonder what friends will already be inside, what enemies you'll run into in the bathroom, and what girl he'll be kissing.