The beeping from her alarm woke Katie from not a deep sleep but she was comfortable finally, scratching her hair she felt it has dried as she laid down and was sticking her to pillow making a face she sat up and didn't dare looking in the mirror and just walked to the bathroom Katie didn't want to see her face and just hopped in the shower. Her house was quiet and she stood in the shower hugging herself letting the water run down her back she thought about doing something new, the first idea tattooing her body wasn't the best thing to do while her mind was where it was she'd get something she'd have to explain to everyone and it would be ridiculous so she let that one wash off her back like the rain in her hair. She could dye her hair and she always wanted to go black, her mother said if she wanted to change her hair high school was the time to try things with it. As she got out of the shower she ran back to her room and looked in her closet for the wigs her and Marisol wore in grade 5 for Halloween they were each other Marisol wore Katie's clothes and wore a dirty blond wig and Katie did the same black wig with bangs. She found it and threw it on her bed and quickly put on something comfortable and sat in front of her mirror as she combed her own hair and put in a weird bun like her mother did that Halloween so many years ago. Was this she was actually thinking about it it was weird but excited for a reason unknown to her. Flipping the wig over upside down she put her hair in and flipped back over and looked in the mirror she didn't judge at first she fixed the bangs and adjusted it a little. Katie's eyes brighten and she loved it. Running to the bathroom she looked again. Katie was actually in love with how this looked and she calmed herself walked downstairs. Her sister was the first to notice, "Katie what the hell is on your head!" she poked at Katie and she swatted her hand away and walked over to the fridge to grab a drink she didn't to much care how Maya felt about it she tried to get her mother to take notice as she shook her head while looking over her shoulder while her mother and father talked. Katie's dad just stared at his daughter and finally when noticed she smiled and laughed.
"Aww Kate- you two played each other for the day. We spent hours finding the perfect wig you wouldn't walk out of the store without something that was as close to Mar's hair as possible." Katie's mother went on about Katie's and Marisol's Halloween game and Katie rolled her eyes.
"Mom how does it look" Katie asked opening her drink and taking a sip.
"Like a rat on your head" Maya responded and Katie narrowed her eyes at her and the younger sister took her magazine and cello bow into a different room.
"Well Kate I like it but why?" she asked. Katie looked from her mother to her slightly less shocked father and shrugged and took off the wig.
"No reason" she said before grabbing the keys and smiling kissing her dad on the cheek and leaving.
That settled it, Katie was dying and cutting her hair- tonight.
Walking into the pharmacy she bounced to a song in her head and headed right to the hair care section looking through she found a jet black color and smiled picking it up and confidence oozed out of her for the first time in days when she put it down on the counter. The teen at the counter probably went to Degrassi and chuckled when ringing her up, she paid last of her babysitting money for the week and walked out off the store throwing the bag over her shoulder. The ride home she sang along to Katy Perry with the windows rolled up so no one could hear her of course she gripped the wheel as she moved her shoulders to Part Of Me. Katie felt good and Katy Perry felt good too she could tell.
After the long process of washing and dying and all that Katie emerged from the bathroom to an empty house she played the same Katy Perry song in her room after cutting her bangs she threw the scissors on the bed and danced around her room to her new felt like theme song.
"I fell deep, you let me down
But that was then and this is now
Now look at me"
She felt like Tom Cruise in that movie with him sliding around in underwear she wasn't in underwear but she was that confident in herself and now all she wanted to do was go to school on Monday and show off the new look she purchased with her babysitting money for the week and dipping into Maya's stash in her room. She bought different clothes today and laid down something to wear on her bed and just bounced around to Katy Perry now. She heard a door close and she shut off her music quickly, her parents could know tomorrow when she left the house they couldn't tell her no, when she is already half way out the door.
Waking up Katie looked at her hair in the mirror as she got ready playing with her new bangs she darken her mascara and everything else and tilted her head looking in the mirror. Smiling she realized Saturday she felt like she was going to die today if she went to school- told her mother she didn't want to go and told Maya to get another ride and the girl did- Maya would get taken to school by her niner friends and Katie walked downstairs with her new clothes attitude and hair and her mother and father didn't even notice. Shrugging she got into her car and headed to school pulling up and parking in the parking lot where Mo and Marisol leaning up against her car. As Katie got out Marisol's eyes bugged and she got away from Mo and nearly ran to look at Katie.
"What the fu-"
"Wow Katie nice look." Mo said before Marisol finished and she turned to look at him and blinked and Mo knew to just go wait by the gate.
"Girl no text- IM! I would have even answered an email- if we still use those!" she said running her fingers through Katie's hair. Katie smiled and bit her lip hoping for her friends approval.
"Well I can't say I wish you would have went like red- Rihanna looks good with it and Spidey's girlfriend Emma Stone but you'll rock this and he'll rue the day" Marisol nodded slowly. Katie smiled and decided to walk behind Mo and Marisol for a number of reasons, mainly because Marisol knew the plan without saying it she'd let Katie know when bastard number one was approaching and let Katie fly solo from there.
They entered the school and some people noticed not many but Marisol and Mo turned into the library and Katie finally was solo but she saw her best friend watching like a hawk from the window. Katie stopped at her locker and closed it at the right time, Adam Torres just came around the corner and nearly fell over his own feet when passing Katie.
"Wow- I mean wassup Matlin" he said walking away as quick as possible but turning around just as Drew walked around the corner. Adam waved and Katie was still slightly watching him- he suggested his brother turn around but Drew was and always has been dense so he didn't get it.
shrugging "What bro! I don't know what th- KATIE!" he said running into a group of people and saying sorry as Katie turned and walked away from him.
"Katie whoa- wait" she stopped and looked right into the window at Marisol smiling, she turned around on her heels and looked right at him.
"What do you got to say now- more lies or just more reasons for me to hate you?" she spat at him crossing her arms, the bad attitude she put on actually covered what she was actually thinking,
Why can you just see you're hurting me by talking- just break me down a bit more.
