Lulu's POV
I get up from the sparkly perf table and follow Grace. I wonder what's up with her. She heads for the library and sits down at a table and takes a book out of her pink purse and starts reading.
"Hi." I say and sit down across from her.
"What do you want?" she asks.
"Molly told me to come and get you." I explain. She sighs, and then puts down her book.
"You never should've signed that contract." she says.
"Why? Is being a perf that bad?" I ask.
"That contract was the thing that kept me with that demon." she says, and I could tell she was not exaggerating at all.
"Explain please." I ask. She sighs again, then after a few moments, she responds.
"That contract kept me from talking to the nonperfs, AKA the real people. The people that I could actually talk to. The contract also requires you to wear tight skirts, floral blouses, and all that chiz for a year. It hurts! Especially on the day of our annual waxing..." she says.
"Something tells me you don't like being a perf..."
"I don't. At first, I thought it would be fun, but then after I signed the contract, they required me to lose some weight and wear girly clothes. Take off my glasses, get some contacts... Dye my hair... That sort of stuff." she says.
"So you're not a real blond?" I ask.
"Of course I'm a real blond. They just thought my shade was an ugly color. To tell you the truth, it looks exactly the same as last time," she says. why would she dye her hair the same color? "I only have a few more months to go before my year is up, and I'll be free." she says.
"And I thought you were supposed to be the happy one."
"I am, but I guess I don't feel like putting my smiling mask on today. I'm supposed to be happy and all that. The library is the only place I'm able to get away from the Perfs. The library is the only place I can go to without the Perfs following me. No perf would ever be seen in here. It would make them look like one of the real people." Grace says. I'm starting to regret ever signing that contract...
"Isn't the library restricted in the perf contract?" I ask.
"Nope. Molly isn't smart to really think of the library. The perf contract can't change unless a new perf leader is in charge, and we all know Molly wouldn't exactly give up her spot. Ever since Kacey stopped being the perf leader, Molly took advantage of the new opening for leader." Grace explains. Wait a minute... Kacey?
"Kacey? As in Kacey Simon? Lead singer of Gravity 5?" I ask.
"Yup. Speaking of Gravity 5, how are you friends with them?" Grace asks.
"I'm close friends with Stevie." I say.
"Stevie? As in Stevie Baskara? Bass player? The girl with the glasses and wears sweats a lot?" she asks.
"Yup. We go way back..."
"How back?"
"Since the day we were born."
"Wow. Your parents must be close with Stevie's." Grace says.
"Yup. They are," I say. It's weird. Doesn't Stevie ever tell her classmates about me? "Are you close with Stevie?" I ask.
"Before, I used to. But then I signed the contract... You know what happened after that." Grace says.
"Did she ever tell you about her family or something?" I ask nonchalantly, hoping that she wouldn't detect the resemblance.
"She told me she had four brothers, and a twin sister. But I think she was just lying since I've never heard of another Baskara. Haha." Grace chuckles a bit. If only she knew... So nobody knows who I am. They don't know I'm a Baskara? Maybe I could take advantage of this...
RING!
I hear a ring, and everybody gets up from the library. What's happening?
"What's going on?"
"You've never been to high school, have you?" Grace asks. I blush and I try to hide it.
"Sorry, I haven't." I say sheepishly.
"Come on." she says getting up and taking my hand.
"Where are we going?"
"To class. Welcome to Brewster High School."
Chapter 5: Curiosity