Chapter 3: The Problem
I had never really had a problem with walking around with my fake leg on because I was home and everybody knew me, but as I walked around the mall reality slowly started to sink in. I would be in a crowd with at least 20 000 people that I didn’t know and Lady Gaga would probably see me...like this...looking like a retard.
"Niki! Niki! Hello? Are you alright?" Troy was yelling in my ear.
I must have fainted because I could feel the cold concrete floor of the mall beneath my body. I slowly began to stand up but suddenly slipped back down to feel Troy’s hand catch my head.
"Niki slow down..." he said
"I'm fine." I argued
I finally managed to stand up after three attempts. Of course my fake leg had fallen off, talk about embarrassing. I decided that I simply just had to move on because I was determined to find something for the concert today!
After four hours I had finally managed to find everything I needed. It was the perfect outfit, a master piece. I couldn't wait to party in the monster pit with my friends because I had just come up with a solution to my 'leg' issue. It was time to make it not a leg but a DISCO STICK.
It was the most amazing idea, dress my leg up as an icon of Lady Gaga...genius. I still had my doubts about this 'amazing' idea but I had to try because nothing was going to stop me from getting to this Lady Gaga concert...not even having one leg. My friends had inspired me, all of them were normal but they helped me push on every day and life would be unbearable without them. I remember when Jodi and Jessica saved my life once because I was extremely close to suicide one of the days after I had lost my leg. I didn't want to be a part of this world anymore it wasn't what I had dreamed of, but they made me realise that it wasn't worth it.
Eventually one day I would be okay again. My friends mean everything to me cliché maybe and repeated over and over again yes but it's true, no one else could replace them. After some powerful persuasion techniques and long negotiations with my mum preparation for the concert finally began. Tuesday the 8th of May was our flight scheduled for New York.
