Chapter 19
I never hated wearing uniform this much! What was going the school staffs’ minds when they designed such uniform? Everything is disgusting and unbelievable! My Monday morning is definitely ruined because of this uniform and there is no way I’m going out of our room with these clothes!
“Oh!” exclaims Chandrice. “This is soooooo fab!”
“I know!” giggles Sophia who is staring at her reflection for minutes now. “I can’t wait to see the boys stare at us during class…or when we are in the hallway… or when we’re eating at the mess kit… or.. or…”
“We get it!” I shout from behind.
“She’s just jealous Sophie. Let’s go and meet the others, I’m dying to see how BEAUTIFUL they are.” Chandrice rolls her eyes at me.
They’re unbelievable! What’s so fabulous in these miniskirts and long sleeves suits and below knee levelled socks? I hate everything about it! I stare at my uniform which is lying in my bed. I don’t have the guts to wear such girly thing like this.
Nympha changes in front of us the very second the two Merpeople left the room. And she looks so pretty in it. Her uniform fits her slim body perfectly. “Well, what are you still doing? Try your uniforms now.” She orders me and Lucia.
Back in Sapius, there is no such thing as school uniform. We go to school with the most comfortable clothes that we have, even teachers don’t wear uniforms. Nympha helps Lucia with her uniform and after minutes of dressing, Lucia looks prettier than a Mermaid. My brother is such a lucky guy to have this kind of girl wrap in his arms.
Now it’s my turn. Lucia and Nympha gives me very scary looks, denoting that I need to change or else they’ll cut my head off. “No!” I shout. “I won’t go out with that uniform, and you can’t make me!”
“Try me!” Nympha shouts back.
“What are you going to do? Use your powers?” I laugh.
“That’s a great suggestion Keesha! No one will see me do that here, and I know you’ll not tell the Professors, right?” her eyebrows raises in excitement. She’s not kidding. She’ll definitely use it to me.
If she uses her powers on me both of us will be expelled, I can’t let that happen. Success always comes with great sacrifice. “Fine! I’ll change!” I shout at them. “Turn around.”
I put my white polo first, then a black necktie that suggest neutrality for everyone - We are all the same at this school. After the necktie, I put my gray long sleeves suit with the school logo embroidered at the left side and I button it up until below my breast and fix the buttons in my wrists. Next thing, I put this very, very mini skirt. I can’t even call it a skirt anymore. Clothes are supposed to cover our bodies, not to expose it even more. I think it is as short as a twelve inch ruler. I put the black, below knee length socks and the two inches heeled black shoes to complete the get up.
They smile at each other like they have succeeded in some hard mission or what. Nympha pushes me to the mirror for me to see myself in uniform. I stare at my reflection for quite some time. I look pleasant. I can’t believe that I can look this way; I look very…. different.
“How about some hair clips, powder and lipstick?” Nympha asks joyfully.
“Oh no!” I exclaim. “I’m good, thanks.”
I have difficulty of walking because of these heels, so I let them go first. I only wear boots and rubber shoes before. As I walk to the hallway of the dormitory, I hear someone sobbing. I stop to search the area and to my surprise, I see Belle rocking herself while crying in a corner of the lobby. There are stains of blood in her new uniform. I kneel in front of her to check her face, and as expected, her face has wounds and scrapes. “Who did this?” I ask her, wiping her eyes gently with my handkerchief.
