When Safiya was finally allowed to go to recess, she met Amal underneath the slide.
"Hi Safiya," Amal smiled.
"Hi Amal," Safiya smiled back.
"Safiya, I have a question, why do you wear that crown?" asked Amal.
"My mom told me never to take it off, when I find my true love, it's supposed to change colors," Safiya replied.
"Oh really, that's interesting. I would like to see that. By the way, your name is kind of hard to say, mind if I just call you Saf?" asked Amal.
"No I don't mind, go ahead call me Saf," Safiya replied.
"Hey Saf, how about we go on the swings together, and see who can swing the highest," Amal suggested.
"Yeah!" exclaimed Safiya.
"Hey blueberry face! You're not getting on this swing," a third grader yelled.
"Let her on, and don't ever call her blueberry face again!" Amal shouted.
"Mind your own business, motherless child!" he shouted.
"I am NOT a motherless child. If you don't leave us alone, I am going to tell the teacher," Amal threatened.
"Oh I'm so scared," said the bully.
"Let's do something else, how about we hang out by that tree," Amal suggested.
"Good idea," Safiya agreed.
They went over by the tree.
"Since you have been so nice to me the first few days, I think I'll share my secret with you. I am half Genie. My father is a genie, that's why my skin is tinted blue," Safiya told Amal.
"Really? Wow! Meaning you can do magic?" asked Amal.
"Yes, though at this age my powers are kind of limited, though I'm sure I could shock the class when they run out of snack and someone forgets to bring it in, by poofing up oreos and milk," Safiya told him.
"I would like to see that!" Amal exclaimed.
"Do you have any secrets?" asked Safiya.
"Yes actually I do. You see, I never really had a family, and then these two nice guys adopted me off the street. They were so nice to me, gave me food, a bath and a nice bed to sleep on. It turns out they are gay," Amal told her.
"Gay? What does that mean?" asked Safiya.
"Meaning they're two guys in love with each other," Amal replied.
"Oh, that's cool," Safiya told him.
"You don't think that's disgusting, most people would say that's gross," Amal told her.
"I don't think so," Safiya replied.
"Saf, I feel really safe with you," Amal told her.
"I feel safe with you too," Safiya hugged Amal. The bell rang for the end of recess.
It was story time. Every week the theme changes, this week was fairy tale week. Mrs. Kingston read, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. During the story, Safiya and Amal were holding hands. The same bully that wouldn't share the swing with Safiya shouted.
"Look blueberry face has a boyfriend!"
"Now Ahjad, be nice! How would you feel if somebody talked to you like that?" asked Mrs. . Kingston read the last line of the story "The prince woke Snow White up with true love's first kiss."
"Ewwwwww that's disgusting!" everybody shouted, except for Amal and Safiya.