The young girl sits in her stuffy and warm living room, a claustrophobic overheated, lazy type air hanging about the room, despite the cold winter weather that she so adores, outside.
She adoringly strokes pink nail polish on her nails, daydreaming in her mind that someone, anyone, may notice them, and think that they are pretty.
That they are feminine. That they, perhaps, suit her.
Though perhaps most of all, that someone, anyone, might notice these pink nails, and may add them endearingly to a list of things that, perhaps, that someone likes very much about the young girl.
A worn novel sits at her side, read, most likely for an assignment, many times before her eyes laid on it.
As she reads, her brow furrows, her heart races, and she is deeply compelled, affected, and saddened by this book that never meant to hurt anyone.
Though its context in itself is well known for being slightly disturbing, and is written from the point of view of a disturbed narrator, she cannot help but associate that male character to all others.
And being the sensitive soul that the young girl is, it deeply saddens her.
Though she finds herself, hoping– wishing even– that perhaps someone, anyone, like that person in that book, may feel the same way towards herself. She thinks that, even if it was sickening, even if it was disturbing, she would like it.
Just because of that desperate need she has to feel loved.
She wastes time on the computer, because she is holding off on beginning her part time job for the night. She feels tired, even though she spent a good majority of the day sleeping.
And as she coats her feet in the same pink color of her hands, she thinks and contemplates, possibly on the verge of tears, when there is nothing for the girl to be sad about.
Her birthday approaches, and somehow she feels more connected to her true self more than ever. Yet this instinctive “right” feeling has her drawing inward. Contemplating. Being silent. Being alone.
She wonders if this is the true herself that she feels, or if it is perhaps, an illusion of her mind.
Though she writes it off, believing it to be in the stars.