Hidden in the mist

Chapter 2

"COME ON HONEY!"

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I HAVE TOLD THEM 1000 FUCKING TIMES I AM NOT A GIRL
*sigh*

"I'M COMING!" I shout to my mom.

I come down to the "wonderful" smells of my dad's burnt sausage. They give me a lecture on "How the early bird gets the worm" and shit like that.

I rush to the bus. not that I am excited to go...

I am greeted by Ember shouting "AH! THE WEIRDO IS HERE! RUN!"

she laughs.

I want to kill her.

"Do you see this 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭?" she says to her friends, who laugh.

I calmly tell her, "Uh, my pronouns are Ze/Zir"

She shouts back, "Well you are still a girl!"

She whispers (loud enough for me to hear), "Get a load of this bitch"

As I hold back my anger I say, "Again, I am not a girl. I identify as Ze/Zir."

She says, "Who cares about your weirdo 'pronouns'. You are a girl and you know it. your'e just dramatic."

"Say that ONE. MORE. TIME."

"Oh, that girl is getting angry!"

What happened next was a flash.

I ended up being in detention for "wounding her" and "breaching her trust" like she was this poor little helpless being. 

"So... what happened Haze?" Mx. Algae says.

"She deliberately got my pronouns wrong..." I say to them. "You know how I feel... right?"

They are silent for a moment

"well... I.... uh..."

"You still attacked her but..."

"..."

We sit in silence.

"I will have to talk with your parents."

Oh shit.

not them.