Plot: Toni gets braces and insecurity rears its ugly head
Trying something new this chapter!
9th Grade
Toni: 14
Cheryl: 13
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Summer of 8th grade had ended and the girls were now off to 9th grade to start their new school journeys as high school freshman.
Toni had been avoiding Cheryl all week, even when the redhead had showed up for their normal weekend sleepover Toni begged her mother to tell Cheryl she was sick.
Every since she was young Toni knew she would need braces, she just didnt know how much she'd hate them.
No matter how many times Grace assured her the young teen was sure she looked aweful.
She spent hours in the mirror, her teeth on full display as she examined them from different angles. Her mouth felt weird, and in the past days she was sure her braces got stuck on her bottom lip. It hurt like hell and she threw a complete fit over it. Her lip was still sore when she woke up for the first day of school, but unlike the others days the girl refused to look at herself in the mirror, especially when she brushed her teeth.
Grace sighed when she saw her clearly miserable daughter stomp down the stairs.
"Lighten up Antoinette, you dont look bad at all. You are still as beautiful as you were when you didnt have them."
Still Toni frowned, rolling her eyes.
"You have to say that. You're my mom I'm sure the others will disgree... "
Maybe even Cheryl.
The small voice in her head practically whispered as she grabbed a yogurt from the fridge.
"Please Toni dont think that way-"
"Can we please go so I can get it over with?" Her voice, soft and pleading as she spoke to her mother. She was near tears possibly at the thought of having to endure more bullying from her classmates. As time went on she got used to it, but that didnt mean it didnt hurt still. There are still plenty of times where Cheryl has found Toni crying alone, wiping her tears with her shirt sleeve pretending that everything was fine.
But it wasnt.
She hated it.
"Please Mommy..." She knew better than to ask to stay home, as her mother wouldnt allow her to miss such an important day of school. It sucked, but she had no control in the matter.
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