"You joined that school last year, and you still have no friend who you can be with even for two weeks." Her mother tried to talk to her so that she could change her lifestyle, but she was not ready to argue with her.
"Mom, it's not easy to find a friend." She told her mom, knowing she had to find a way to escape the conversation. She exactly knew where it was heading. "Look at your sister, she is in college, and she has many friends." Her mother told her as she was getting the plates in the kitchen.
"Your mother is right, you know. When I was your age, I had girls on top of my fingers, not saying you should do so, but you don't even have a boyfriend and this is the last year you are going to be in high school." her dad said handing his wife a plate. "To be honest honey you need to find a friend, but you can't have one when you continue being like this, you can't continue being a nerd." That's when it hit her, her parents were not proud of how she looked. "Yes your mom is right my friends even asked me if you are alright. They said that I should even try taking you to a doctor to check if you are alright." he said those words without thinking they would hear her. A tear almost came from her right eye, but she held it back. Then her mother's voice followed, "Yeah, look at your sister. Many people think I slept with another man. That's why I have daughters behaving in different ways. My child, you really need to change your still. Even if you are not good at books, you can change your appearance." she slowly went to the stairs, looked behind and faced them. Then she went straight to her room. She then leaned on the door listening to her mother shouting at her. The next thing she did, she went in front of the mirror and this time she was alone. She did not hide the tears that she was holding. She let them out, then after some time, she looked back and promised never to care what people said about her, especially now that her parents had shown her that they care about what people say. She agreed that she looked like she was not a normal girl, she never wore a dress nor a skirt, she always put on a sweater and a jacket, she never had friends, she always wore snickers, and she never faced up, she always faced down, and a cape was always on her head and has a long hair that she never ties. To her, all that made her comfortable, but no one liked it, so she decided to show them, especially her parents, that she didn't care at all. She took the scissors and cut all her hair so that all her blond head remained only to be seen.
The following morning, she worked up early and went to take a shower. She looked at herself and smiled, imagining what her parents were going to say about her. When she got out and wore her clothes, she took her cape in her hands and went down the stairs. When she arrived in the dining room, everyone stopped eating and looked at her. Her sister was already home from her friend's house. She had been home since Sunday since she did not have lessons. "Oh Jessy, you're back and do you like my new look?" Her mother just stood up and went to her room. "Alexia, what have you done?" her dad asked. "What dad, what did I do. You gays told me to change my appearance and I did." He shook his head and also left and followed his wife.