How To Get Banned From A Library

Glue The Pages Together In A Book

How To Get Banned From A Library

•Glue The Pages Together In A Book•

Lilia smacked on the gum in her mouth as she entered the library.

She knew she looked intimidating, always did. What with her hair being a terrific mess of black, bright red highlights scattered among the strands. And her tight clothes -today consisting of a sticking to her skin tank top with a light over shirt decorated with an assortment of necklaces hidden under her coat, along with a pair of black skinny jeans with a hole in one of the knees- clinging to her body with every movement, along with the heavy black boots that sent any kid running in the other direction. Despite this, she wasn't particularly 'hot' as some hormonal teenage guy would say, nor did she wish to be. All a quality like that meant was unneeded attention.

Though, she did know she was pretty, her mother always saying that her grey eyes actually brought out a type of beauty in her that matched her father's.

But that didn't matter.

Besides, she preferred to grab attention in a different way.

This look was normal for her, and she liked it like this. No one would bother a bad girl, so that's the role she played, all so she wouldn't have to deal with anyone's crap. All so no one could judge her for her actions.

Instead of burdening this library's librarian with the task of calling her mom, Lilia had taken care of it on the walk over. I long pause came from her mother on the other end of that call, followed by a deep cough to break the silence between them.

This too, was normal. Many times, Lilia has had to break the news to her mother about another destroyed piece of public library property. Like when they first moved to this place. Lilia had instantly done what she has for years, going directly to the nearest library. After getting herself a card that day and checking out a book, she did what she does best.

That day had been a good one, Lilia smiling at the thought now. She'd glued all the pages together in that book, laughing as she did. The exact project had amused her to no end that day, and Lilia had gone bat crap crazy as a result.

Holding in a low cackle, she made her way over to the librarian, the burned book easily seen by others as she passed.

Ms. Anderson, as the librarian told Lilia to call her, wore a too wide grin as the teen approached. This was one of the things she found unnerving about Ms. Anderson; she was too cheerful, especially after everything Lilia had already done to make her job thousands of times harder. Yet, for some reason, Ms. Anderson had always let what Lilia did go, probably due to the amazing apology given by her mother. Though, none in the past had ever caved so easy.

"Good Morning, Lilia." Ms Anderson greeted. "How was the book?" She was wearing the typical bun and glasses you see librarians have in movies, her brown locks neatly placed appropriately at the back of her head.

"It was alright," Lilia answered, flipping her hair and leaning forward, resting her arms on Ms. Anderson's desk and plopping her bag on the floor. The smallest fraction of a smirk played on Lilia's lips as she put the book down. "You could even say it ignited a kind of love for the story inside of me. Though, I will admit, the ending was a real tearjerker."

Ms. Anderson's smile faltered as she glanced at the novel, but only for second. "Well, i'm glad to hear you enjoyed it, despite what the outcome was."

The librarian then spoke in a calm, composed voice for the remainder of their discussion. But Lilia had already heard the 'be responsible with other people's property' speech so many times, by now she just zoned out while Ms. Anderson talked, staring absentmindedly at how the glasses Ms. Anderson was wearing had slowly made their way down her nose, resting in what seemed to be an uncomfortable place at the edge. She just did this, smacking on her gum and awaiting the moment when her mom would walk in.

Which, on this day, was a few seconds later.

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Question: What's your least favorite book to movie adaptation that you've seen?

My answer: Divergent. It would have been a great as just a movie, and I do love it as such, but when you compare it to the book, it didn't impress me and didn't follow the story very well. I mean, like I said, I still liked it, but eh...

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