Chapter 5: Joining The Band

I cried myself to sleep that night and woke up with a headache the next morning. Good thing it was a Saturday and I had no scheduled classes because I barely had the strength to get up from bed. I was still in my pink dress, which was now completely soaked in sweat and tears, as I groggily got up and headed for the bathroom.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror and saw that my hair was all messed up, I had dark circles around my eyes and several eyeliner tear streaks on my cheeks. I was even paler than usual and my thin frame didn't help either as it made me appear sickly today. Well simply put, I looked terrible!

On normal days, I must admit that I was paler than most girls but even if my black hair was long and curled at the ends, it wasn't this messy and I wasn't this pale. My eyes were almond shaped and since I was normally pale, I usually tried to avoid getting dark circles as they tend to be the first things you notice on my face. But lo and behold, I looked like a rac