Mr. Paranoia

On my last day of classes, we were presenting our independent papers to the class, and as we got around to the last person presenting, she said "I'm sorry if this is incoherent or anything, but I'm sick." and then went on to explain that health services thought she might have strep. Well, upon hearing this, one of my classmates who was sitting next to her, we'll call him Mr. Paranoia, immediately moved away from her into the empty chair next to her. The class laughed, and I expected him to move back to his original place, or at least to laugh or make some gesture signifying that he understood the humor in his move. No. He stayed there and looked at the sick girl as if she was about to smear strep throat germs into his soul. The most amusing part to me was that he had already been sitting next to her for over an hour. I think if sitting next to her would ruin his health, the damage was already done.