Monday morning came and Mickey woke up to the sound of her alarm clock as usual. She got up and looked into her closet. Mickey picked out her mickey mouse baby blue shirt from h&m, Which was kind of ironic. She grabbed her favorite pair of jeans and went down stairs.
Mickey's dad was in to living room watching the news. It was a story on transgender bathrooms. Mickey smiled while looking at the screen, a new law had passed saying that now if you were transgender you could use the bathroom you identify as. She looked over at her father. He had a scowl on his face and was shaking his head. Mickey had seen this happening all the time when anything lgbt+ came up. She decided to confront him.
"What's your problem with transgender people using the bathroom they feel comfortable in?" Mickey said sticking her foot out. Her dad looked at her.
"I think that people should use the bathrooms they were assigned to at birth, is that such a crime?" He says crossing his arms. Mickey rolls her eyes. This could not be her dad! He was so nice to people. How could this be him?
"so you think that someone who is a boy but feels like a girl should have to use the boys bathroom just because he is one?" Mickey said. her dad scoffed.
"all I'm saying is that there could be perverts and they would abuse the privilege." Mickey was getting pissed off now.
"that's not what you said, you said you think people should use the bathroom they are a signed to. What's your reason?" She started raising her voice as she threw her arms in the air. Now her dad was the one to roll his eyes.
"My reason is that people could abuse the privilege! Don't you agree!" Her dad said.
"well of course but-"
"that's my point, now go get ready your going to be late." Mickey huffed in defeat. She stomped off and went down to the basement where her backpack was. She heard the honk of the horn and hurried to put on her converse. luckily she had a binder and put her hair in a pony tail. She ran out the door and into the car. Mickey crossed her arms and sat next to Sophia.
"Hey girl whats up? Why the long face?" Sophia said concerned. Mickey sat there not saying a word. Amber turned from the front seat.
"look, it's Monday but you were with your dad this weekended so whats the big whoop? You don't have to ride the bus." Amber said confused. Mickey exhaled madly and uncrossed her arms and leaned forward.
"We were arguing about transgender bathrooms and he said that they should have to go into the bathroom they were assigned to." Mickey said rolling her eyes once more. Amber looked at Sophia and they shared a look of concern.
"You know what, lets leave this one to her other friends." Sophia whispered. Amber nodded and they backed out of the driveway. The rest of the ride was quiet and as soon as they got to school Mickey jumped out of the car and stormed inside. She made her way to Allison's locker.
Al was closing her locker when Mickey came up and was startled to find her there looking like she was about to pop! Al looked at Nick who was standing right next to them. They shrugged and looked at Mickey.
"Ugh I need to talk to you guys it's really important." Mickey said now looking like she was about to cry.
"o-ok lets go to the library" Al said. She grabbed Mickey's hand and they walked around the corner to the library. Only to find Georgia there talking to Heather and Sam. now Allison looked like she was going to pop. Mickey grabbed her hand and kept moving. But as they passed time seemed to slow down. She heard Georgia whisper to heather.
"And they were making out in the bathroom..." She heard Heather giggle. And Sam sat there with his mouth open. All three turned to look at Mickey. She just kept walking even though she felt like she would never get there. Allison still looked like she wanted to kill Georgia (even though everyone knew she would never step near the girl)
Finally they made it to the library. Lucky for them no one else was there except for Miss Marien the librarian. They all sat down and that's when Mickey started crying. She was balling into Nicks lap and didn't stop for 10 minutes. Nick just stroked Mickey's hair and calming her down. Nick always new what to do. That's why they were such good friends.
Finally Al broke the silence once Mickey calmed down.
"ok, so whats wrong?" she said full of concern.
So Mickey told her the whole story. How she realized she was bisexual and then found out Katie was gay and then the incident in the bathroom... all of it. She talked about her dad and the nightmares she gets every so often. How her anxiety has been through the roof since this happened. How she just wanted to give up sometimes.
They all sat there. Mike, Mandy and John came in some time later and Nick filled them in. When she was done everyone came and gave her a group hug. She was so glad to have friends like these. Mike looked over at Mickey and smiled.
"tomorrow during lunch we are all going to safe space and talking about this more." Mickey looked over confused.
"but safe space is on Thursdays"
"well we changed it so more people could make it." Mandy said. Mickey nodded. She hugged Mike.
"thanks you guys, your amazing. I should probably get to class now." Mickey said wiping her eyes. Al nodded.
"i'll go with you in case the demon in still there." Mickey got up and walked out the door with Allison. They walked down the hall and into Mickey's homeroom. Everyone stared when she came in. Al grabbed her hand and whispered.
"You ok? You want me to stay?" Mickey looked at Al and nodded that she was ok. She walked in and sat down next to Sophia. She came up and hugged me. Amber wasn't far behind. Everyone was starring and Heather came over looking victorious.
"Oh look everyone its the fag. How was your make out session in the bathroom? Ugh how disgusting is that?" She starts to laugh. Mickey can feel the tears coming. Amber comes down from behind to her ear.
"lets get out of hear" She grabs her arm and pulls her out of the room. Sophia stays behind and you can hear her say it from the hallway.
"fuck you Heather! what kind of friend... how could you... ugh!" She storms out and the three walk down the hall. They get to the stair well and hear a door open. A girl is sniffling and another is trying to comfort her. They make there way to the stair well and Mickey looks up.
Katie is standing there with tears in her eyes and Emily is right beside her.
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Shades of Purple
Novela Juvenil-Hey guys this is my first story. I don't plan on betting many views so ya... Mickey always thought she knew who she was. She was a regular girl with divorced parents and good friends, but when she started GSA at her school it just seemed right. Bu...
