"Well well well, look who's here: IT'S PENELOPE! Oh sorry, or should I say Piggy Penelope? She looked so fat - like a PIG! Am I right? Hahaha..." the class monitor giggled, with four to five girls standing behind.
"Oh my god, you're so right! Remember last month I told you to go on a diet, but I guess you didn't listen to me, coz you were to busy eating PORK CHOPS! Hahaha..." Another girl from the back answered, while she high-fived with the class monitor.
The girls were guarding her locker, so she couldn't get her calculus textbook.
"What do you guys want?" Penelope asked in a rush tone. She is going to be late in 3 minutes.
"Nothing! I'm just here to mess around with you so you can't arrive class on time. I know that you and I are competing for the Star of the month and I'm not gonna let you win! Girls, help me guard her locker and make sure she doesn't get her textbook back until class starts. Now off I go to class, see you there Piggy!" The class monitor smirked and left with a hair flip.
After a minute or so, the bell rang. No matter how fast Penelope ran, she couldn't make it.
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"Ring... Ring..."
The school day was finally over but the most exciting thing hadn't started. She went down the football court and walked towards the cheer captain and a boy on the bleachers.
The cheer captain caught her in the corner of her eye and immediately asked, "Uh... hi, do I know you?"
"Well, um actually..." Penelope tried to speak.
"Oh wait, I know you! Are you Piggy Penelope from the other class? What are you doing here? I wouldn't be caught dead talking to you!" The cheer captain interrupted and instantly tried to get her away.
"Um... actually... I came for the tryouts on the cheerleading team, I really wish I could...."
"Hold on for a second... You are trying out for the cheerleading team? Seriously?" She interrupted again and made a weird eye-contact with her boyfriend.
"Yes, I would like to give it a shot..."
"Ok, look, let me tell you. You are literally not suitable on this team. We only recruit members that are... slim or... in shape I should say. Someone with a face and body like you? Never. So get lost..." The cheer captain yelled as if a teacher was scolding their pupils.
"Hey Lils, but..." The boy tried to address the cheer captain.
"Come on Hayden, there's nothing left to discuss here, let's go somewhere else..." She grabbed her boyfriend's hands and dragged him to leave. The boy stared at her once more, he gave her the "i'll come back to you later" look.
Nevertheless, she ignored. Penelope was left there alone. Sitting on the bleachers, she saw all those pretty girls practicing their cheer routine for the auditions down in the soccer field. Cheerleading had always been a dream for Penelope, since she was in middle school. Now that she is a freshman, she can officially join the cheer team.
Yet, things have been hard for her.
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Scars to your Beautiful
Short Story"Piggy Penelope, Piggy Penelope, Piggy Penelope..." It haunts me. Every time I close my eyes. Penelope is a teenager who is suffering from body shaming in her school. Initially, she strives to build up her own self-confidence, but failed. Instead, s...
