It's not a Cinderella story

chapter 9

"No! definitely not!" I say as I try on the fifteenth swim suit.

It is currently Sunday, and all yesterday Sydnie and I caught up like we were old time friends. I learnt that show business isn't what she wants to do for the rest of her life, unlike Birtha.  She wants to be a journalist. When my dad gave me money for school, he gave me enough for public, but not the private school that Lizard and Sydnie go too. So I had no idea that Syd was on the newspaper team with her best friend Lana. Lana is in charge of the photos and Sydnie does the news article. But the sad thing is, when she went to go talk to Angelo about doing what she loved, the hag bluntly refused, told her that being successful means fame. See I'm not the only one who thinks of her as a bitch. After that, we basically fell asleep on the stage again and awoke to my best friends questioning. I told what was going on and being the nicest of the group, she accepted Sydnie right away. But of course, Neomi yelled at her and made her promise not to be mean to me. 

Now we are in Neomi's parents store, fashion funz. The store is run with, Lara designing and Chase managing. We are trying to pick a swim suit out for me. We were going to go too Wal-mart but, with my back, people would question my back if I came out with some, skimpy swim suit on. Of course we could try to all fit in the tiny changing room's there but, that be kind of weird. So yeah, fashion funz it is!

"Oh come on, It's not that bad," Sydnie chides. 

"Really? I look like I just took a shit!" I say pointing towards the blue one piece, were the butt is sagging and it looks like a baby's diaper. Yeah not pretty. 

"Okay fine, what about this one?" Neomi said, coming out of a rack of clothes, holding at least five thousand swim suits. 

"Which one?"

"Ha-ha, this one." She drops the mountain of swim wear before tossing me a black bikini. 

I hold it out in front of me. "This is like an eye patch, not something to hold your boob."

Syd and Neo start laughing and I find myself laughing as well. I may be short, but I am perfectly fine in the in the upstairs department. Well, their not average, but there not small. Just a bit under average. So basically any kid swim suit's will fit. Adults ones too, but there for bigger people.

I walk in too the change room and change from the shit suit, into the black one. Alright it fits, I think to myself. it's nothing that fancy, just your basic bikini, with braided straps and shorts kind of thing for the bottom. 

I walk out of the change room and the girls intake their breath.

"Damn you a hot bitch!" Neomi says earning a glare from Sydnie. 

Either then learning her passion for journalism, I realized that besides the act she puts up in front of thing one and Godzilla, she is one hundred percent pure. She never swears, never talks dirty and is still a virgin. Well I am too, but that;s because I have a perfectly good reason. She is honestly the perfect Virgin Mary.

"I like it too, but Neo." I turn away pointing to my back. It isn't so bad any more, the pink scars are still there but the cuts are gone and the welts are non existent but there are a couple of bruises left. Because of this I, originally, wanted a one piece. 

"Yeah I figured, look I don't use make-up as you can clearly tell."She says, pointing to her flawless complexion. Which I respond by throwing a random piece of clothing at her. "Hey! asswipe!" She pouts and I shake my head. 

"You were saying?" 

"Oh yeah, I don't use it and you will not be going in the water, right? Well you'll try not to but let's be honest, people are going to throw you in."  Neo asks.