When Julia moves to a new school, she expects to be invisible, just like how she was at her previous school. She's never been the type of girl to be the centre of attention and she intends to keep it that way.
But all that changes when she meets ba...
I purposefully had arranged our date to be as 'un-date-like' as possible. Shrek wanted to go to the cinema to watch a romance movie and then go to an expensive restaurant after, but I refused. In the end, we decided to just have a movie night at Shrek's house
Shrek seemed to be having trouble realising that this was not a date so I decided to make it very clear by dressing in my dirty hoodie that i stole off a homeless person and sweatpants. I didn't even bother showering or brushing my hair because I definitely did not want Shrek getting the wrong idea.
I walk out of my room towards the front door but my grandma steps in front of me.
"Where are you going?" She demands.
"Out" I say nervously. "With a... a friend"
She narrows her eyes at me, like she can tell I'm lying. "Dumbledore?"
"Yes" I lie.
"Don't lie to me"
"Fine" I fidget uneasily. "I'm going on... well, kind of a date"
"A date!" she exclaims. "Have you told your sister?"
"No why would I-"
"Sister!" She calls. "Sister, your sister is going on a date!"
My sister smashes down the door with her axe and stares at me.
"A DTAE? WHO WOULD GO ON A DATE WITH YOU?" She screams.
"Don't be rude" my grandmother scolds and then she turns and looks me up and down, frowning. "Are you really wearing that? On your first date ever?"
"YeS" I say frowning. "What's wrong with it?"
"IT IS VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY... UGLY"
"It's comfy" I protest.
"You can't be comfy on a date, you have to be uncomfortable. That's why there is a 't' in 'uncomforTable' and 'daTe' but no t in comfy" my grandmother declares. "And you look like a dead rat"
"Rude" I say offended.
"It is ok, because I will choose a new outfit for you from my own wardrobe and it will be very very pretty"
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"Oh no" I say, three hours later.
My grandma has finally come out of the closet and she is holding the ugliest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.
It is a green dress that goes down to my knees with a pink coat and matching long pink socks.
"No" I say flatly. "I'm not wearing that"
"Try it on!" She says happily.
"N-"
"JULIA DONT BE RUDE OR I WILL TELL MUM AND SHE WILL TAKE YOUR OHONE AWAY FOR SIX YEARS"
I sigh. "Fine"
I go into my room and try He outfit on. It looks even worse on me than it did when she was holding it up, but when I walk out, my grandmother claps her hands and smiles.
"Beautiful!" She says happily. Then she runs into her closet again and brings out a green helmet and swimming goggles. She puts it on my head.
"Even better" she says. "You look beautiful"
I am going to cry. I think. But then, I realise... this outfit is so ugly Shrek's eyes will probably burn and fall out. It is even better than the hoodie and sweatpants.
I smile brightly. "Thank you! It is amazing!"
My grandma smiles at me, "now go befor you are too late!"
I smile at her and then run out of the door.
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It doesn't take me long to walk to Shrek's house and soon i am standing outside his house, trying to get the courage to knock.
For some strange reason, I'm nervous. Really nervous.
Just knock, I tell myself, It's just Shrek. It's not a proper date, there's nothing to be nervous about. You hate him, remember?
But i know i am only lying to myself. Because maybe I did hate him once, but now... all the hate i had for him has disappeared. I tell myself that that he's annoying and that i hate his stupid jokes and pranks but i don't. I really don't hate Shrek.
Thinking about it only puts me in a bad mood so i raise my hand and knock on the door as hard as i can before my stupid brain can start overthinking again.
"SHRREEEEeeeEerReeReeEerKKKkkkkk!!!!! I'M HERE OPEN THE DOOR" I shout.
I wait for a few minutes, wondering if i will meet Shrek's dad again. I hope i don't. It was so long ago and yet i can still hear him hitting Shrek so clearly, like it was yesterday.
The door is still closed and I frown angrily again. What's taking him so long?
"SHREK!!! OPEN YOUR DOOR"
Again, no answer. I reach in my pocket for my phone but its empty. I must have left in the pocket of my hoodie that i planned to wear. I groan and walk backwards. Last time I broke into Shrek's house, I climbed up a tree. I walk around the house, trying to find the tree again, but then i freeze in shock.
The top window of Shrek's house is fogged with smoke. It can only mean one thing.
