I am never in a group picture,

I don't go to school dances,

I have never went shopping with my friends,

Or went to a birthday party.

And I keep telling myself thats what your suppose to do, you can't afford to waste time when you could be planning which college your going to, or what job I want to pursue.

But thats not true.

I would love to make friends.

I would do anything to be asked out to a dance.

But people don't notice me anymore. Once they realized that I wouldn't go they stopped asking.

One. By. One.

Invitations to parties never reached my mailbox. My phone number had been replaced with another persons. Barely anyone noticed me, even in my own homeroom.

Sure, I got the best grades in my school year, had gotten countless awards and certificates, but it was never enough.

My parents wouldn't even notice me.

My mother wrapped up in her own world of cosmetics and the latest fashion trends.

My father that owned hundreds of successful companies, but never managed to remember his only child's birthday.

My nanny was the only one there. She had been my best friend, my tutor, my only parent.

She was the one who made a special cupcake with a candle stuck on top just for my birthday.

She was the one who came to my elementary and middle school graduations.

I owed everything to her.

Nothing to my parents.

But to her alone.

I smile at the small note that was put on a box.

¡Quinceañera Feliz!

I got you something nice to wear

for such a special day!

Love, Eldora

I open the white paper box.

I gasp and carefully pull away the tissue paper and pulled out a beautiful green dress. It must of cost a fortune but she didn't day anything as she helped me put it on. She zips up the dress for me and I look into the mirror.

I look into the mirror and sigh. It was sleeveless dress made out of some sort of silky material, with silver beading on the hem and around the waist. I hug her and barely manage to whisper "Thank you". Eldora smiles and brushes the hair from my face.

"You can wear that to your first dance ¿No?" I smile and shook my head. "I will have no one to talk to. They probably don't even know my name" I said bitterly. She only laughs and says "If you don't go I will drive you" I was slightly scared at that statement because she was a terrible driver and she almost killed us the last time she took me to the book store. "Well I take picture and then you eat your dessert" I nod and she leaves the room.

I sit softly on the bed scared that I would ruin the dress. Should I go to the party? it seems like everyone else is going. I rub the silver pendant she gave me on my fifth birthday. With a jolt I realize that the necklace matches the silver beads on my dress. I laugh to myself. It must of taken ages to find a dress that matched my necklace. My pendant was shiny and worn smooth from all the rubbing I gave it when I was anxious, but I still loved it.

After all, it was the first present that I had ever got.