A New me

POV of Mandy (fl)

My mum was transferred to South Africa because of work so we had to move to Johannesburg with her after her divorce with my birth father at the age of twelve. She accepted the offer because she wanted my sister and I to know our roots since our birth father is South African but lives in California. They met when he went to Britain for vacation. Mummy being from a British aristocrat family wanted her freedom so she moved to California with my dad till their divorce.

It was quite difficult making new friends but easy getting bullied in a new environment. I began high school in an international school were I had most of my crushes and first break up. It was during here that I met a bully who kept making fun of me any moment he had, I got so mad at him that I never spoke to him till we completed high school. I moved to Paris, France right after high school to study fashion and design but I kept in contact with my best friend, Wendy.

Five years after high school, I was invited to our alumni annual get-together to which came as a surprise! I was never invited to our alumni events since I completed high school. Like I said I was a geek who had few friends and zero popularity so who in their right mind would invite me unless they wanted to ridicule me! Wanting to find some answers and also to show them the new me I was determined to go.

I have ginger red coarse curly hair due to the its nature, I always had it in a ponytail because it was easy to maintain with goggles that were twice the size of Harry Potter and I was sure that was what everyone was expecting to see. I couldn’t wait to see their faces.

New characters

Quincy (bully/ crush/ bff of fl): 30yrs, has a serious crush on Mandy (fl) but too proud to say as a result he bullies Mandy just to get her attention. Very popular in high school and everywhere. Also clever. From Johannesburg and travels a lot.

POV of Quincy

I always attend the annual alumni get-together just so I could see Mandy and confess my feelings to her as well as apologise for being nasty to her but she never comes. So this year I stood for the presidency position and won just so I could invite her. I hope she comes! I thought to myself. As I was welcoming and chatting with the old students I kept turning my head in every direction in search of a redhead with ponytail who was average in height. I can’t find her! I retorted!

All of a sudden the place went quiet. A flashy car that had just been announced this year had just caught everyone’s attention and they were all eager to see who it was.

A long and deceptively delicate legs that were royally planted in one of Jimmy Choo’s latest collections were hanging out of the opened car door. Just then, the owner of those beautiful legs got out of her car completely and a ginger redhead could be seen.

Out of the crowd watching and murmuring about the incognito figure, someone shouted , “Mandy”! Everyone was in awe and started murmuring, this caught Quincy’s attention and he started to move towards the person but he was quickly caught by his friends.

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