Brace-Face

Brace Face--- Chapter Five

The nurse was whispering to my mother as they walked in. Then the nurse came closer to me and spoke,

"Mariko, I'm afraid that you'll be needing braces. And rubber bands....four, in that case..."

I was speechless, letting my mind comprehend that. She must have my expression, because she placed a comforting hand on my shoulder, and with that fake smile said,

"Hon, its okay! you still have two weeks. That should be on September the twenty-sixth."

Oh great. The day before the festival. I was going to be forced into kissing hopeless boys from my school with braces and four rubber bands. That is unheard of! Four rubber bands. I then felt my eyes water with tears, and a comforting hand on my shoulder.

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I was on my bed, I my room that was very small, the way that i preferred, and the walls were a sea foam green. There were some posters on the wall of bands that I liked, singers, pop stars, and actors and actresses. I really loved Harry Potter, so I had a Tom Felton poster right above my bed. I had a loft bed, and it was painted white, and the covers were sea foam green. My mom insisted that my room had a theme. I love my mother, but she is very overprotective of me. So is my father.

I dangled my head over the edge of my bed and looked at the ground. It was messy, items were scattered everywhere. I needed to clean my room, but I really didn't feel like it, I had moping to do. Then I heard my phone go off. It was somewhere on the ground. It was buzzing, alarming me that I had a new text. Or a tweet, or a facebook message, whatever. I decided to be a bit fun today. I threw all of my pillows, blankets, and stuffed animals on the ground. Then, I perched on the edge of my up-high loft bed, and sprang down, landing on all of the soft pillows and blankets and stuffed animals. I giggled, and searched for my phone.

I kept picking up books, clothes, bags, and things to find my phone. Where was it? Then I heard it buzz again from the left side of the room. I ran in that direction and looked under things. Then I found it, under a pink bra. I unlocked my iPhone with the password; marikachu. You know, like pickachu, but my name? I am a genius. Not really, so anyway, I saw that I had a tweet from Fae, I opened it.

@foofoo_smilez: @Mariko_chic is working the kissing booth!! be ready guyses!

I quickly responded to it, with fast fingers,

@Mariko_chic: Guys, don't listen to my bestie @foofoo_smilez, I'm getting braces! Nobody wants to kiss and Ugly brace-face! Gimme sympathy guys!!!! :'(

Then I checked the other notification on my phone. It was a text. And it was from Henry! I opened it, it said;

To:Mariko

From: Henryyy:)

Hey Mariko, wassup? How'd the dentist end?

I started to reply, and I told him all about my braces. Then, with shaky hands, I sent it. I sent Henry a text! I danced around the room, holding my phone close to my heart, and then it buzzed. It was a tweet from someone I didn't know.

@victoriaasecret_pink: Ew! You will be really ugly, trust me! ahahahhahhaha

With shaky hands, I put down my phone, and climbed into bed, done with my phone.