Pretending

I'm tired of being the new girl, tired of being the outcast and changing names wherever I move.

Last time I went by Elliot, and before that I ended up being Lucy, Rose and Clementine. This time I'll be known as Dakota.

People look up at my cute face and nice things and think, this girl has it all. They judge me without even knowing me and the truth is, my life is far from perfect.

I don't want a repeat of my past, but I don't want my future to be a copy of my present. It's a daily struggle in which I'm desperate to succumb.

However, this time there's something different, something unexpected, or rather someone, and he's everything I need and don't need.

Now the question is, will that person fight alongside me, to free myself from the demons I live with?