Lindsy
Pretending is becoming increasingly difficult. To act as if everything is fine, that I'm happy with James, and that my family is normal. It feels like the facade I've spent the last five years erecting will collapse at any moment.
This was not always the case. I wasn't always the most popular girl or the girl boys desired, but when high school began, we were forced to choose a role. Who did we want to be for the next few years? Whatever decision you made would last until graduation, so choose wisely.
I'd already spent middle school being bullied because of the way my ears protruded, and I'd resolved then and there that I'd never be at the bottom of that totem pole again; I'd be right at the top.
Mom scheduled an appointment for me to have my ears pinned back the summer before
