Hey y'all...happy pride month (sorry I'm late to this)! I'm SO SO sorry that this is barely anything and I don't normally post on Wednesdays. However, I'm leaving at like 6:40 am on Saturday, and I'll get back the next Sunday, so this weekend and the next I won't be able to post at all.
There were three things that Zarina's mom had always counted on: Zarina manifesting a rare and powerful special ability; Zarina getting stellar grades at Foxfire; and Zarina marrying one of the top boys on her match lists.
As far as Zarina was considered, she'd already fulfilled the first two. But now, she wasn't sure if she'd ever be able to fully satisfy her mother.
Two years ago, she'd had a bit of a crisis when Zarina realized that she'd never had a crush on a boy before. That still hadn't happened, so Zarina had come to the terms that maybe she liked girls instead. Especially since she'd found that she got especially flustered around especially nice girls.
Not that she'd ever tell anyone else—except maybe Lyrei. She definitely wouldn't ever tell her mother, that was for sure.
Why did all of this have to be so confusing?
Nobody else at school seemed to have any of these sorts of problems. All of the girls were either crushing on or dating a boy, and vice versa with the boys.
So what would people say if Zarina ever said anything about her dilemma?
They'd probably laugh. Well, most people would. Zarina was pretty sure that Lyrei…Lyrei would probably understand. Maybe she would even say something about feeling the same way around girls?
No, that was a hopeless endeavor. Zarina was alone, completely alone in this. Nobody else could possibly be this way…
Or could they?