Artemis POV
For the rest of the day I had a smile on my face. I didn't care that Patricia was still bothering me, how the boys called me ugly and loser because that was all about to change.
As soon as the final bell rang I sprinted to my locker ignoring all the comments about how stupid I looked when I ran.
I shoved everything into my bag and ran outside to where Zatanna had parked her car this morning.
Zatanna and Megan were already there.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Megan asked.
I nodded. "I don't want to be the girl that only has 5 contacts on her phone" I stated.
It's true.
It was only my mom, dad, older sister, Megan and Zatanna.
"But you could just talk to people and get numbers" Zatanna said.
"Why would they give it to me?" I asked.
"Because you're an awesome person!" Megan said.
"Let's just go" I said and climbed into the front seat.
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After stopping at my place-no one was home-to get my money we went to the mall.
I am pretty sure I could buy a lot.
My rich Aunt and Uncle always give my family lots of money for birthdays and Christmas and me being responsible I saved up all of it.
"Alright let's start with hair" Zatanna said.
Megan led us to her favorite salon.
"Alfonzo!" she called.
A man with short brown hair walked towards us wearing a red apron.
"Hello Megan! How are you?" he asked.
"Great! How about you?" she replied.
"Amazing as always, what can I do for you today?" he asked.
"Well my friend here wants a makeover" she said pointing to me.
He gasped.
"What happened to your hair?" he asked.
"Someone kind of poured iced tea in it…" I said shyly.
"Well you're not ugly, you have a lot of potential" he said.
I didn't say anything.
"Let's go" he said and walked away.
I followed him. I turned and saw Zatanna and Megan giving thumbs up.
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"So how do I look?" I asked scared.
"Perfect!" Alfonzo said.
He spun my chair around so I could see myself in the giant mirror.
I gasped.
This could not be me.
My hair wasn't flat and boring anymore. My hair was still blonde but Alfonzo added platinum highlights. And it was wavy and parted down the middle.
I looked at my nails, perfect manicure. I smiled.
"Aww you look so cute!" he said.
"Now eat healthy foods-a lot of protein and don't scrub too hard when you wash your hair" he said.
"Thanks Alfonzo" I said.
I paid and we exited the salon.
"You know, I'm feeling better already" I said.
Both girls smiled.
"That's great, I started thinking…maybe this could be the confidence booster you need" Zatanna said.
After that we went shopping. And I never realized how fun and tiring it was. We went to Hollister, Abercrombie &Fitch, Aeropostale, Forever21, H&M, Victoria Secret, Journey's, Finish Line and Foot Locker. I had even gotten a new book bag.
"Now let's go to your place and put all this stuff away!" Megan said.
"Mom, dad I'm home…and Zatanna and Megan are here too!" I called.
We walked past the living room upstairs.
"Stop!" dad bellowed.
We all stopped and turned.
"Your hair!" he said.
"Is it bad?" I asked nervously.
"No, but why?" he asked.
"Because I needed to change!" I yelled.
"Artemis, you were fine the way you were before" he said.
"That's not what the people at school thought…" I mumbled.
"What are all these bags?" he asked.
"Clothes" we all answered.
"For?"
"Me" I replied.
We ran upstairs before he could ask me how much all of it cost.
My dad was like every other dad on TV.
He loved saving money.
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I smiled at the outfit I had picked out for tomorrow.
I couldn't wait to see Patricia's face when she's seen my makeover.
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