Tears

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October 16 at 3:06am ·

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Tears

The first day of seventh grade, a teenager, and so many changes. I felt the pressure to be dressed appropriately, to hate the right teachers, and to use the grown up words. None of which made much sense to me. I didn’t feel any different, but my friends were caught up in the struggle to pick and be accepted into the proper clique.

I walked out onto the yard wearing my new red skirt; confident and proud, after all I’d made it all by myself over the summer. My sewing teacher assured me I was fabulous for using a sewing machine.

My friends circled around, teasing me about the elastic waistband. “Hey, Chloe, you know what they say about clothes made out of elastic, don’t you?” I stood dumbfounded as the crowd closed in on me. I felt my skirt being grabbed and then it was around my ankles. The girls darted away laughing hysterically. I looked up and half the boy’s class stood watching and laughing. 

I slowly pulled the thing back up into place, turning with tears in my eyes, I walked toward the restroom. “Where was the pool? I understood the water and it me. We had a bond that didn’t require all this phony play acting, this struggle to be liked, approved of, or even accepted.

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