Children Waiting for the Day
Episode 10: Why am I so ugly?
Heather hated looking at herself in the mirror. Every day, the mirror taunted her with the image of a fat, ugly girl.
At school, all the girls threw crumpled paper balls at Heather. They never hurt her. At least not her body. No, her body was always the same, fat, ugly blob. It was her feelings that were always hurt by those balls.
Heather took ballet lessons. She was good at it. That is for certain. However, she lacked something the other dancers had: a skinny body. The other girls always teased Heather, always called her names. The most common name for her was 'The blob'. When she was eleven, she was 'the blob'.
At twelve, Heather had a bad case of acne. Every day, the mirror taunted her with the image of an ugly, pimply girl. Heather hated her life now.
At eleven, she was the blob. But at twelve, she was 'pizza face'. Her face was simply disgusting. Her face was red with pimples, all of them big and red and gross. Some were green. They were filled with pus. Some of the guys would often poke these with a stick, in hopes of making them burst. The guys were so mean. Guys can be so cruel to ugly girls.
"Mum, please! I just want to wear a little of your makeup!"- Such was Heather's plea to her mother. But, her mother always said "You are too young. Maybe when you're older." Her mother couldn't understand. SHE was beautiful, but her daughter was ugly. And beautiful people often never think about those 'beneath them'.
Heather walked to school one day. On her way, many kids started making fun of her. "Hey, Pizza Face!!!" Such words always hurt Heather. She stated crying. She hated being called pizza face. "CRYBABY!!! GO HOME TO MUMMY AND SUCK ON A BOTTLE!!!!"- The kids started laughing. Kids are cruel.
Finally, she made it to school. She was going to get to class, when a rather large girl stopped her. Heather tried to move around her, but the large girl always stood in her way. The girl, whose name was Becky, extended her hand toward Heather. She then knocked the books off Heather's hands. "Pick'em up, clumsy!"- Taunted Becky. Heather withheld tears, and reached for her books. Becky then kicked her head, and Heather was knocked back. A few kids had left their classrooms, to see what was happening. "Get up, Pizza the Blob!"- Shouted Becky. The kids began to laugh at that name. Then, Heather did the unthinkable. With all her fury, she punched Becky straight in the mouth. Becky fell to the floor, and the kids started chanting "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"
The school principle, upon hearing the crowd, rushed out of his office. He stood behind Becky, who was now red in the face with anger. "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!!?"- He roared. The kids said that Heather and Becky where in a fight. And they all concurred that Heather threw the first punch.
Becky was given a week's worth of detention for fighting on school grounds. Heather, however, was suspended for two weeks. Her parents grounded her for four weeks, taking away her TV privileges. No one wanted to hear her side of the story. The world is cruel to ugly people.
End.