Whitney Elizabeth Houston, She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen after becoming a teen model in 1981. src,
The Insecure Angel
Frozen in time in front of the door to my classroom, staring hopelessly at the glass panel. Mom says I look like Whitney Houston in a body of a junior high schooler, but with these thick round glasses, who am I kidding.
'I am ugly...'
"Ayesha, let's go inside,"
Turned and saw my teacher smiling at me, still pretty, still pale as a ghost, ushering me inside... everyone is silent, everyone is as pale as a ghost.
My daily pilgrimage of walking towards my seat in the back row, behind a girl who is always staring at her flower garden by the window, is terrifying.
The whispers I hear, the eyes that bear — indifference.
'I want to cry,'
'I want to go home,'
'I —,'
"Class, Hiiro of... ahem, you all know who Hiiro is, he will transfer here for the time being... please welcome him."
'Hiiro!?'
Looking down and biting my fingernails, how pathetic can I get. Hiiro, the school's so-called red demon. I can still remember the rumors, defeating a rival gang and going to school with blood all over him, bullying a lot of our seniors, then sending them home crying to their mamas.
'When he sees me..'
'When he sees me...'
'He is going to... no one will help me.'
'I want to go home!'
'I want to go home!!'
'I want to go home!!!'
"Hey, you alright?"
My eyes met his, it is brown and he is not that scary. Just a normal white boy with disheveled black hair and droopy eyes. He is talking to me like... I am just a normal girl.
"Are you alright? Do you want me to go to the nurse's office?"
"Yes, I am fine... just surprise... hahaha."
I feel like an idiot laughing.
'I want to hide inside my bag,'
"That is good then, I'll be sitting here next to you if you don't mind... as it is the only seat available."
"Sure be my guest,"
He is different from the others... I wonder how he sees me, who am I kidding.
' I am —'
"You sure look pretty,"
I think my heart just stop, he said it with an expressionless face. The dead silence of the whole classroom is deafening... and the red demons' face suddenly — flush!?
The classroom is suddenly in an uproar, and he just stood up and face everyone.
"The hell are you all laughing at! I just said the truth... she's pretty. Hey, you listen to me... I am going to kill you if you don't!"
Everyone is laughing, I am laughing, but I also want to hide inside my bag. Everyone is saying that I am pretty, I am pretty, but I still want to hide inside my bag.
but,
'I want to stay,' :)
FIN
Author's Note
Got no comment for the story, but I am pretty sure she lead a very normal high school girl life after that, and Goodluck to the red demon, I say. 🤣
Whitney Elizabeth Houston, who doesn't know her songs, her achievements... well, if for some really odd reason you don't, here is a link
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