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It was May 22nd, I was the new kid in town, meaning everyone thought I was weird, who could blame them though when the new kid has a lisp and every word they say sounds like an insult. I was just trying to get through my final year without having trouble with any of the other kids want to beat me up. That was until there was 3 months left and there stands a new kid, don’t get me wrong I was glad that I wasn’t the new kid anymore but she was so kind her first day while I was awkward mine, I mean how can she act so confident and not even be bothered by the popular girls glares. About a week after she arrived she’s already been asked out what seemed like a trillion times by guys and girls, I mean how does she do it, she’s already friends with the popular kids AND dating the most popular boy in school so I’m starting to wonder if I’m just “the weird girl” that nobody likes, that was until I heard “Stella, Stella!!” From across the lunch room, I still wonder how she knew my name but at the same time I was scared cause a popular kid might actually want to talk to me and not tell me how much of a loser I am or call me rude nicknames like “Stuttering Stella” or “lisp loser”, I had faith that she wasn’t like all the other popular kids and I was proved right when I slowly walked up to them. “H-hi?” I trembled as I stood there in front of her “hey girlie so I’m throwing a party this weekend at my parents place and you’re invited!” She beamed as she handed me a piece of paper “Baby what are you doing inviting stuttering Stella?” Oliver asked with anger laced on each word “You said I could invite whoever I wanted so I chose her, I think she’s cool, plus she’s really good at drawing! Is there something wrong with me inviting her?” Luna answered with concern in her voice. I honestly thought they were going to say that I couldn’t come but I was surprised when Oliver said “Ugh fine but only if she doesn’t cause any problems.” Even with his girlfriend Oliver never stops from being a bitch. As soon as I heard the bell ring I was turning to leave before someone grabbed my shoulder “You will be there right?” Luna asked with concern on her face “Uh yeah sure,totally,I’ll be there” I acknowledged with half a smile on me asI turned back around to go to my next class, before I was even out of earshot I hear one of the girls say “She’s probably not even gonna show. I mean why would she go to a party anyways she doesn’t even have any friends.” Making the rest of the group laugh, I walked away tears threatening to fall.
Once school was over I waited for my
older brother to come pick me up outside sitting on a bench when I feel something or someone tap my shoulder, I look over but to my surprise no one was there, I looked back and shrugged it off thinking it was a twig that fell out of the tree above me. “Hey Stella!” I heard someone yell,when I looked up I saw that it was by brother “Hey Callisto.” I say walking up to the car getting in “Soooo?” “So what?” “Omg I swear you have a small brain in there sometimes, who was the person who tapped you earlier, she’s cute.” Callisto asked while looking out the window “Who tapped me on the shoulder?” “Oh umm…Nevermind!!”....“okay?“ That was weird. “So theres this party I was invited to and I was wondering if I could go?“ I asked Cal “Why are you asking me? Why are you asking is what I mean.“ “Who else am I going to ask?“ “Nobody, just go, you don't have to ask, it's not like you going will be bad. Go and make friends finally!“ Callisto shouts “Cool thanks your the best!!“ I say excitedly.
As the weekend creeped closer I staeted getting more nervous about what is going to happed and most importantly what im going to wear. In my final hours of despair I got the idea to call one of my bestest friends from my old school “Hey girlie how are you!!! I haven't seen or heard from you in ages, where have you been?“ Angela asks me “I'm good, I've been trying to get through my senior year without any problems, how have you been?“ I ask and I can hear a squeal through the phone as Angela began talking “I forgot how adorable your lisp was but yeah I've been doing great, I miss you why are you calling me all of a sudden though?“ “So there's this party I was-“ “A party!!! Girl you called the right friend for that! What do you need help with?“ She interrupted me “As I was saying- I need help with what to wear.“ I answered her “oh yeah okay facetime me really quick then.“ I nod before hitting the button. When she awnsered I saw her face was at least three different shades of red “was this a bad time? I can call you later, you look sick.“ I say with concern in my voice “oh no im fine. Now what you are going to wear is that cute yellow flower skirt with your see through purple long sleeved shirt and a green cardigan. Okay?” “You really do know what to wear any time I ask. Also how did you know I still had those?” I ask “Girl do you know how much all that was? You were not going to get rid of it that soon.” Angelica says while looking at me like I killed a guy. “True, are you sure you’re okay your face is still really red?” I ask concerned “I told you I’m fine, don’t worry about it.” She said “Okay then, well I’ll talk to you later okay?” I say “okay bye girlie love ya!” Before I could answer her she hangs up immediately. “Okay?” I say putting the outfit on. Once the clothes were on I put some light make-up on, grabbed my purse and headed out.