Sydney

You’d think by now I’d be used to five minutes of confidence.

That I wouldn’t mind if people acknowledged my effort or simply looked away the moment they noticed the extra touch of makeup on my chin.

And with someone like me, it’s easy to mistake being ignored for being accepted for the changes you made to your appearance.

The cinema experience was lovely, and let’s not even talk about bumping into Tyler—him looking me over and leaving me with that feeling that I needed to crawl under the ground once more.

And even while watching the movie, I couldn’t shake the feeling that he was somewhere in that...