Standing outside of the massive high school in the middle of a city was not something I ever expected I would be doing in my life. I had been living in the woods, in a small log cabin with my mother, who homeschooled me, until recently. When my father showed up and declared that I was coming to live with him, I moved to a big city. As I looked around at everyone going in and out of the high school, I looked down at myself and knew that I didn’t belong. All the girls were dressed to the nines, with beautiful clothes, a lot of makeup and high heels. Like they were about to attend a fashion show or something like that. But I looked down at myself wearing sweatpants, sneakers, a baggy shirt and a hoodie over the top of it. I noticed that everyone was staring at me as I was staring at the building and I decided to bite the bullet and go inside. I knew that I couldn’t put it off for much longer and I knew that they were going to be staring at me, whether I was inside or outside. So I
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