I'll tell a Secret. Can you keep it?

here it is:
Since I can remember, I have always loved to draw and paint...you know the whole "art thing".
But I used to keep it to myself. No one knew about it. No one called me "artsy"
or "that girl who can draw" Till it was the end of 8th grades and my entering of High School.
I can't remember how or why, but the word got out.
I hate it.

...I want to go back to my old habits.
I dont like people knowing, I hate the thought
of a question formulating as they see my drawings.
I like having secrets of myself.
I dont like the fact that it feels as if I'm "showing off"
I don't want to be that person. I want to be me.