°trouvialle zodiacs° ~ (zodiac story)

28 - Ponytail

Codi's POV (Cancer)

I stared at myself in the mirror. My short height, my black hair, my grayish blue eyes, my thin, yet not too thin body... I saw as my black strands of hair cover my left eye. I blinked a couple times. What did Alex mean be more confident? I am confident... I think.

It was currently early in the morning. It was Saturday and that of course meant, everyone woke up late. But surprisingly, I've woken up early today.

I stared at myself, looking down at my matching gray and blue pajama shirt and pants with a bunch of small, scribbled hearts as design. I bit my lip a bit and turned to go sit on my bed.

I slouched into my soft mattress and sighed, my mind falling back onto Alex. Should I really be more confident in myself? I don't want people to think I'm a narcissist like Leo, or I could be a perfect mix of both. It's just hard... I don't even see what's good about me, really. But I don't hate myself, I like myself, for certain things at least.

I sat up and played with my hair strands, biting my lip, thinking about what the brown haired boy said yesterday... He seemed so serious. Maybe, he was-

"Codi! Hurry up before all the guys finish the froot loops!" I heard Pia's voice yell through my door. I flinched at the sudden loud noise and saw the door knob twist, then open. And in front of me, I saw a tired Sky who was rubbing her eye with one hand, and holding the other end of the door handle with her other hand, and next to her, a happy, yet calm looking Pia.

Pia was wearing a light pink shirt and black shorts, while Sky dressed somewhat similar with a dark red shirt and black shorts.

Pia smiled. "Good morning." She chirped. Sky rose a brow. "What are you doing?" She asked. She must have noticed me just randomly sitting on my bed playing with my hair for no reason. I would question it too.

I smiled softly. "Good morning. A-And nothing. Froot loops does sound appetizing, I'm starving." I said, standing up from my bed and giving a kind of over exaggerated stretch. Sky eyed me but Pia grinned and grabbed Sky's wrist, then mine. "Hurry! I don't want anyone to finish them before we get a bite!" She said, pulling us out of the water girls room.

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I was sitting next to Sky while we both calmly ate the colorful cereal. Pia left to go talk with others. I saw as she spoke and as she grinned happily. Pia seemed so sweet and open, even though I knew she wasn't. But still, I was kind of jealous of how easily she spoke to people.

I broke back into reality when I felt a nudge on my elbow, and I blinked over to my side to see Sky looking at me in concern. "You ok? You've been dazing out all day." She said, her amber eyes glowing.

I looked down at my bowl of cereal and played around with the loops, making weird shapes with them in the now pastel pink milk. "I don't know." I answered with a shrug. "Guess I'm just not feeling as active today." I lied.

Sky narrowed her eyes and put her hand on my shoulder, pushing it back so I faced her fully. "Girl, tell me what the hell is wrong, I can read you like a book." She said. I stared at her and smiled softly, I liked when she got all tough sometimes, because she really knew how to get to people.

After my smile faded, I looked down and sighed. "I just feel like... Every other girl is just better than me in a way." I said, looking back at her. Sky blinked in surprise. "What? You really think that Codi?" She asked.

I sighed and looked down, fiddling with my fingers. "Maybe? I mean, look at Lia, Lillian, Pia, Taylor, you." I said. Sky rolled her eyes and shook her head only slightly, then tilted her head and landed her gaze back on mine. "Look at Gabriella, Autumn, Summer, Alexis, they're literally the most disgusting people I've met. But they enjoy that. You're a beautiful girl with a beautiful personality, you shouldn't be disappointed in that." She said.