Not Waving But Drowning

There was a kid on my soccer team one year who was usually quiet and didn't speak up much. In the first practices he wouldn't be telling people where to go or what to do. He wouldn't talk to the rest of the team much either. I thought that he was just a quiet kid. but as I've come to know him better I've found out that he is actually quite hyper at times. I had Spanish class with him and one day we played a game. The class was split into two teams and he and I were on the same team. The game was a little like chutes and ladders except you only got to move if you got a question that the teacher asked you right. In the game our team was dominating, we were getting all the questions right and really outdistancing the other team. I was extremely surprised to see that this kid was smack-talking and really getting into the game. Also in our soccer games he was starting to take a leadership role. He was telling people what to do and where to go. Although I didn't realize it at first I learned that people can really surprise you.