the word "special" can be used to mean incredibly different things
when she was called special after her first performance while being handed a giant bouquet of vibrant flowers and candy her smile stretched from end to end cheeks pink and blushing and stood proud as the audience called for an encore
when he was called special after fumbling the ball for --- what, the fourth time in a row?--- his chest felt hollow and he chuckled along anxiously with the rest of his team who were laughing raucously
when she was called special after releasing her first album the world was announcing her name 'The Next Big Thing' she was used to it flipped her hair and wondered what normal people were like and pitied them
when he was called special after being called in by his counselor who added that he wouldn't be able to graduate his face fell even though he was used to being called special as he walked out of the school letter to his mother in hand he wondered what normal people were like and envied them