Welcome to Tuesday Tales! This week's word prompt is “discover”. We are back with Dani in my new Sci-Fi story.
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Dani shuffled to her room and shut the door. Pulling open the bottom drawer of her dresser, she rummaged for clothes she never wore. She even considered leaving them back at her parents' house, but decided to bring them in case she ever ran out of laundry.
The first thing she pulled free was an oversized hoodie. Beneath it was a pair of jeans. She tried to get into this style, to match the rest of the kids she went to high school with. That was until she was bullied. The popular girls made fun of her for trying to fit in. The athletic guys laughed at her. From then on, she wore her long skirts and frumpy cardigans. Did she still get teased? Of course. However, since she spent most of her time in her sacred space, the library, she melted into the scenery. After a while, she was simply ignored. She liked it that way.
She shimmied out of her work clothes, leaving only her shirt on, then tossed them into the laundry hamper. She let go of a sigh, then sat down on her mattress. She threaded one leg after the other into her jeans. Standing, she yanked them up to her waist and fastened them. She pulled the sweatshirt over her head. The hood remained stuck to her hair and hung haphazardly off her scalp.
Dani tugged the door open and made her way to the living room. Bobo was pacing on the top of the coffee table, his little legs squeaking with each step. He seemed to step back a bit, startled, when he saw her.
“You look…different,” he commented.
“Yeah,” she responded. “I have yet to discover how to wear something like this so I don’t look like an idiot.”
His little head cocked to the side. “I think you look beautiful. Like an exotic flower that blooms on my planet.”
Dani bit back a laugh. He knew of a bloom that looked like a book obsessed girl in a hoodie and jeans? She gave him a smile. “Thank you. Should we go?”
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