Should have turned around

I know the girl in the short sitting on the stairs. She's one in a kind that I am not fond of. But she looked sad, sort of vulnerable with that unsure look on her face. The kind of look that would have made me turn around and offer an ear to listen and a hug if it was needed. Its just a normal reaction I have to a face like that. But there is history there that would render any approach toward a friendly gesture as possibly vile.

But I back tracked just to see her. And then continued on again but thought to turn around, to be a single serving friend just once. I wonder right now: by not turning around to check on her, did I missed a chance at something. As vague as "something" may sound, I can imagine it to be a variety of different scenarios. Would she know who I am? If she did, would she just push me off because of her history or would she not let it bother her and accept a stranger's presence? I justified not stopping to help with the things that I know about her. The underlying deception that she once laid out before someone dear to me. I passed judgment but it was still on my heart that maybe that was the only chance I ever would have had to talk to this girl that peaks my curiosity. The only chance at a civil moment passed. Its my fault for judging though. What if those past events have been atoned for. I have no reason to hold anything against her. Thinking that, I wish I would have approached her. Failing only in knowing how I would react, not foreseeing her evaluation of the situation that she would have found herself in.