“Rachel, come play hide and seek with us!”

“Hey Rachel, do you wanna come hang at my house after school?”

“Can I play with you guys?”

“Ew Candace no way!”

Rachel laughed and waltzed away with her friends.

I didn’t get it. Why was Rachel so popular? She was always so mean to me!

Hi, I’m Candace from Texas.

Growing up, I was always just average. I wasn’t pretty. I wasn’t super smart. I wasn’t popular. I was the opposite of my neighbour Rachel. Everyone loved her. 

One time the whole class was at a birthday party. Rachel had told me the day before that it was a dress-up party, so I had begged my mom to buy me this Harley Quinn outfit. I arrived at the party but to my horror not a single person was in fancy dress! I was the only one.

“Oh, look who’s here! Is that supposed to be Harley Quinn? More like Hardly-A-Queen!”

Everyone laughed at me. Hmph. It wasn’t even a good joke! I was ready to leave the party right away, but then another girl rushed in and stood between me and the crowd of laughing kids.

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