Well, I was rooting around the message boards, hoping to catch on to spelling of some teachers before I move on to classroom setting in Tani, but Medea's post caught my eye…she said there was no real Lizzie Angst.  Well, I don't do stuff like this very often, but I decided to give it my best damn shot…so here goes.  A somewhat…different look at Lizzie's psyche…tell me what you think!  This one's to Ziegler, who inspired me to write this unconsciously, but never responded to my emails begging her to beta. 

 

Lizzie McGuire.  That's me.  Plain.  Ordinary.  Oh, I try to be different, really, I do.  But I always end up like Miranda.  Miranda.  Miranda with the black hair.  Miranda with the happenin' dos.  Miranda with the new clothes.  Bilingual Miranda.  Miranda who doesn't even try and gets B's.  I try, really, I do.  But I still get B's, and that's trying. 

            Gordo.  Gordo with the science talk.  Gordo who has his own interests. 

            Then there's me.  Lizzie.  Blonde, pretty, talkative.  Not really.  On the outside, I'm bubbly and superficial.  Miss Popularity Junkie.  Yeah, I'll probably get voted as that sometime during high school.  Never Prom Queen.  Never a star athlete.  Never pretty enough for the hot guys.  Never, never, never. 

            I'm tired of waiting.  Waiting for approval.  Waiting for someone else.  Waiting for someone to tell me that I'm fine the way I am.  Not realize that after a fight with my so-called friends, only to doubt it five minutes later, when Matt has pulled a stupid prank.  Then my self-worth plummets again. 

            Sure, I can pretend I don't care.  Try to put on the façade, like Gordo.  Except for him, it's gradually become genuine.  But no one ever thinks I'm genuine. 

            I'm just Lizzie McGuire.  Like a jukebox, playing the same tired tune: fit in, fit in, fit in.  Like a top, spinning fast at first…like when I was with Kate…and slowing down…gradually….more and more…until it dwindles…topples…falls…perhaps rolling under the table, kicked under the couch, forgotten…by all…sucked into the vacuum of depression…

No more dust bunnies for Lizzie.  No more will I be fed the crumbs of other people's popularity.  I'm hungry.  Hungry for acceptance.  No matter the cost. 

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~_^ Coqui the Mighty Frog