(Extra)ordinary

Prologue

Prologue

My name is Anna Summers.

I am an ordinary teenage girl. I study like what other people my age do, I use the computer, I play games and watch TV.

Except for one thing- I'm overweight.

This has got to be the barrier between me and my perfect life. I'm not boasting, but I have perfect grades, a perfect family and a perfect friend.

I'm overweight and short, too. I'm only five-foot seven.

At least I'm not overly-overweight, which means I still have the time to lead a healthy lifestyle and to get back on the healthy weight range. I've a chubby face and a slightly plump body. Or that's what I like to think I have.

I've always wanted to lose weight. In fact, I've promised myself that I would work out this summer with my best friend, Elle. She is a total sports junkie. The irony, huh?

As expected, I was too lazy to move a single muscle. I spent my entire summer catching up on TV serials, Glee, and watching movies that took me to an entirely new world.

I would watch those slim, pretty girls on TV and wished that I could be like them. That would be a fat joke, as my mom would always tell me.

In case you didn't know, obesity is in my genes. My parents are overweight and so are my grandparents. So, when my mom cracks her "fat jokes", she is indirectly referring to herself too.

One last thing that you should know: I've had a crush on this guy, Adam Kinder for like forever. The problem is that, he's in the popular group in school. Adam is in my grade, 15 years old, like me. Being the shy type in school, I have never worked out the guts to talk to him. I could never compare myself with the girls in his group, they are all so pretty and gorgeous; they are practically every girl's dream. Worse of all, they make fun and tease me.

Oh, how I wish I could be one of those slim and pretty girls on TV.