Are You Who You Say You Are?
The night was quiet as the stars in its sky sparkled in splendid beauty; hardly a sound permeating the night. Yet, not all was still in this sacred hour as one being stood out from the rest. A teenage girl, with chubby cheeks and jet black hair made her way around the sparkling, sterile waters of the pool. With the full moon above as her only light source, she tipped toed around the resort until she met the beach. Bright pink slippers were left on the concrete as the feet they were once on padded to the open waters.
The sand was cool once the sun had left and as she dipped her toes into the wet soil, a sigh escaped the girl's plump lips. It was this peaceful serenity that Sadie cherished when she could find a moment to slip away. Her time was usually spent with her best friend Katie and, while she loved her dearly, sometimes it was much more soothing to be alone. Basking in the moonlight, the sweet hearted girl reached up and removed her hair from its signature pigtails. The bobbles clinked in her hands as she stared at them; so pink and cute and oh so Katie, the pigtails were her idea after all.
Sadie sat in the sand, its temperature sending a delightful chill up her spine. When it came to her best friend, Sadie cared for Katie like no one else did; they were each other's world. At least, that's what she used to think. Her doubts began to surface when a certain queen bee found her alone and decided to mess with their friendship. She knew she shouldn't listen to Heather, and for a while she didn't, but the words had dug their way into her brain and were soon at the forefront of her mind.
Did Katie only keep her around to make herself look better; was she just the fat friend? It was a ridiculous notion; Katie and Sadie were peas in a pod and couldn't be closer. They were like sisters, twins even, and they would never use each other like that. Yet, the more she thought about it, the more Sadie could see it being possible. Katie always made their clothes and, while everything looked amazing on her, Sadie was always skeptical. 'Does this look too tight to you?' 'Don't you think these shows too much?' 'Are you sure I look good in this, Katie?' She could almost accurately remember these questions and Katie's answers to them.
'Trust me, you'll look so good.' 'Are you kidding? You're so amazing it's unfair!' 'Totally, it's like, so slimming!' Slimming, what did she mean by slimming? Looking down at her body, Sadie felt a little self-conscience all of a sudden. She had thought about it before but had always dismissed it; they were just negative thoughts anyway. She was happy the way she was and hadn't felt the need to change. However, she couldn't help but think that maybe what Heather had said was right, maybe she was just Katie's fat friend.
Thoughts settled on days of the past, specifically days spent on beaches much like this one. The lapping of the water, the happy screams of children, and the sun heated sand tickling their toes like thousands of tiny fingers. The two girls would always start by setting up their beach gear, which was composed of their matching towels, umbrellas and bags. Katie would always pick out the most adorable swimsuits for them to wear, more than likely a two piece in some way. Then, the two girls would apply their sunscreen, grab their beach ball and attempt to pick up cute boys.
Katie was the center of attention nearly all the time; attracting males from miles away. Now, that didn't mean that Sadie didn't get her own form of suitors, guys would be drawn to her too. Some liked a girl who was more on the voluptuous side, or had a paler complexion than that of her naturally tanned friend. However, if she did the math, it would always come out with Katie having the highest number of interested boys. The shorter twin let out a scoff, shocked that she was letting such a trivial thing as attention from boys cloud her judgment.
Sadie ran her fingers through her hair, feeling its sleek strands weave through her fingers. Heading off of the boy topic, her mind settled on that to the other people she had encountered in her life. Before she had met Katie, Sadie had tried to make friends on her own with the other girls either in school or her neighborhood. They would always look at her with this weird emotion in their eyes, almost like pity. Was it because she was the new kid? Did they just not like her? Those were hard questions that the little girl just couldn't answer at that time, and that made her feel bad. That is, until she met Katie.
Once they had connected they became inseparable, always laughing, talking and playing together like blissful little girls should. They gained friends fast and they never had to really try. Yet, why would those girls not be friends with her before; what was so different when she was with Katie? It wasn't just then either, whenever Sadie would go into a store she could feel the eyes on her. By the time they were pre-teens, Sadie had figured that they were judging her weight. It unnerved her for a bit but she got over it. It didn't matter what they thought, she only needed Katie to make her feel better.
Everything was always fine when she was with Katie, but now, maybe she wasn't so sure anymore. Sadie wished she had the answers, that things would start making sense again. Katie wouldn't betray her trust like that, would she? The more she thought about it, the more she believed that their friendship was a lie. Sadie decided that she wanted to keep these little musings of hers a secret, no matter how much she hated to. Katie and Sadie never kept secrets from each other, they told each other everything, but this was too shocking for her to know.
There were so many outcomes that could come from her revealing this that Sadie couldn't take the chance. On one hand, if she did tell Katie, maybe she would just tell her that she was being irrational and that her fears were not an issue. Yet, what if she told her and Katie yelled at her, or worse started acting shady about it? She would rather keep these thoughts to herself and figure it out on her own than risk losing her friend so early.
Standing from the sandy shores Sadie made her way closer to the lapping waves. As the cooling waters washed over her toes the plus sized girl let out a sigh. She wished that these waves could also wash away the doubts that haunted her mind just as easily as they did the sand. Sadie didn't want to grow apart from her friend; they had been through so much together. She didn't want to grow envious of her either for that would only lead to unnecessary hate. Yes, Katie was very attractive and seemingly a guy's ideal type when compared to her.
She possessed a cute little figure, complete with long legs and delicate little features, but that didn't mean that Sadie was beautiful too. The young teen was a lot more confident in her figure than people realized, not just accepting her body but flaunting it. Her pale skin and jet black hair gave her an almost ethereal appearance, and her dark eyes sparkled in the light so wonderfully. So what if she was bigger than what most people and "fashion magazines" called beautiful? Sadie was great on her own and refused to be told different! There could be no possible way that her friend could use her to make herself look better.
With a scoff, Sadie walked away from the water and back to the resort, picking up her shoes in the process. She couldn't believe that she had let what Heather said get to her; it had caused such unneeded worry. That harpy only ever wanted to cause chaos because she got some sick kick out of it. Sadie had never let thoughts like those get to her, so why should they now? Katie wouldn't betray her just to get attention; she cared about her friend, no, sister more than anybody. While Sadie truly believed in her thoughts, however, she knew that that belief was slightly shaken.
It was already too late when she awoke in the middle of the night to come outside. Sadie's view of her friend would always be a happy one, but in the back of her mind she knew those thoughts wouldn't go away. As she stepped into the elevator a multitude of questions invaded her mind. Was she just being used? Did people just view her as the fat friend? Standing in front of the door of the room she shared with Katie made her think of the one question she wanted to ask her friend the most. 'Are you who you say you are?'
Hello readers, how are all of you today? Good I hope. Well, I know this can be seen as kind of random but, I thought to myself and realized that I haven't done any Total drama stories recently. So, here we go an oneshot on one of my favorite characters, Sadie. I hope you guys liked it and, don't forget to follow, favorite and review. Until next time my babies, mwah!