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"Elyssa?" My eyes met hers and I realized with a start that her eyes were violet just like Crye’s

"My daughter I suppose you know her by that ridiculous Goth name"

"Crye?"

As if on cue, Crye appeared at ly "Dye his hair black and go with long spikes"

Leia pursed her lips and stared for a ood or ood look?" I asked

Crye grabbedscaredy-cat"

"I don’t want to look stupid," I said I almost said "freakish" but I didn’t want to hurt Crye’s feelings

Leia raised an eyebrow "Let’s begin, shall we? I have a full schedule today"

I nodded Crye went back to the front desk Leia started by lopping off most of my hair with scissors I closedso I didn’t whi that reeked like burning tires and barf

Some time later I stared at the finished product in the nized lasses which were dead giveaways Instead of a nerdy fat kid, I looked like a cool chubby kid Leia had cut my hair a little shorter than the six inches Crye wanted, but I was secretly relieved the new ’do wasn’t too outlandish

"Not bad," Crye said when she calasses, new clothes, and you’ll al to ask about that," I said, looking at Leia No way in hell I’d take fashion advice from Crye "Do you have any opinion about what kind of clothes I should buy?"

"I always have an opinion, child," Leia said "But I have too much to do to chat about clothes" She whisked away to speak with a woe

"I’ll help you with clothes," Crye said, glancing at a pink Hello Kitty watch on her wrist "I get out of here in an hour"

"I’m not really into Goth stuff," I said

"It’s an identity," she said, "not a fashion choice I would never force that on you"

"Oh, well that’s cool What kind of clothes do you have inerated way I’d seen only gay uy to help uys are the best"

"Maybe for picking out curtains," I grumbled Renaldo looked to be in his early twenties He wore a baby-blue button-up shirt tucked into dark jeans that a wild anihs A dark red tie and blue vest completed the outfit I had to admit it did look pretty spiffy in a casual sort of way His brown hair was short and spiked, kind of like mine, and I wondered what that said about me Not that it made any difference since I was officially a social pariah

"He’s hot and fashionable," Crye said "Too bad he’s not into girls"

"Wow," I said "Did you just call a guy ’hot’? Never expected that fro for the other tea"

She ay too much pink to be a lesbian or a Goth, for that lanced at the approximate location on her nose where she usually wore a stud, wondering how large a hole those things left, but her skin looked perfect, unbroken I couldn’t spot any holes in her lips either The studs s on them For some reason that reat skin with a bunch of holes<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>