Dress Decently

I rushed out of the house with my swollen eyes and my head down then bumped into someone, I looked up and saw our school beauty, she was adored by everyone in the school because of her beauty. She smiled my way and said,

“Hey, watch where you going. ”

I looked at her and she saw my swollen eyes and asked worriedly,

“What's going on, what's wrong with you? Who hurt you?”

I looked at her worried face and thought why is she worried about me? I'm neither her friend or family.

I looked  down at her and saw that she was dressed in a mini blouse and a mini flared skirt. Her dress looked as if she was going or on the beach.

‘Wow this girl can dress, doesn't she feel uncomfortable? ’

I smiled and replied to her,

“I'm okay, but you why are you dressed like this? Don't you feel uncomfortable?”

She looked down at me and smirked, and said,

“You that have being dressing decently, what have you gained from that? You are as beautiful as I am but look at you. I have being watching you, you either get beaten or insulted almost everytime, even though you don't do anything wrong. Poor girl, anyway, am off to see a friend goodbye. ” she narrated.

I saw her walk away swaying her hips as she walked away from me.

I immediately called after her, 

‘I don't have anywhere to go as at this moment anyway, I couldn't possibly go into that house with my mom in there. She will have to calm down first, then I can sneak in. ’ I thought.

“Lydia please wait for me!!” I shouted.

She stopped and turned my way with a little frown on her face , and asked,

“You are not going to talk about my hairstyle next right? If not I am going to get very angry with you. ”

I rushed to her and stopped to look at her,

“Hmm, now that you I look closer I think you shouldn't dye your hair this... I am sorry, because I am always criticized for the little things I do, I think I am picking up that attitude too. ” I was saying but stopped to apologize.

She looked at me with pity in her eyes but then who was to pity the other?

“Can I go with you to where you are going? Wait, you are not visiting a boy right? You know it's wrong to visit a boy at this time right? Let's visit a girl in your class okay?” I asked.

“And you who agreed to allow you tag along that you are there making rules?” she questioned.

“I'm sorry I have nowhere to go at the moment, so can I come with you?” I humbly requested.

She looked down at me and said,

“You are still in your uniform so can you go back to your house and change into something else?’

I shook my head hurriedly and she nodded and quipped,

“Okay, then let's go to my house so you can change into something else. ”

I  agreed and followed her, she lives two blocks away from my home and I had not seen the whole family together but I had caught a few glimpses of her father a few times. We got to the house and I saw her mother sitting on a couch in the hall, the minute she saw me, she smiled my way and asked,

“How are you doing dear?”

I smiled and replied,

“I am fine mom. ”

But what surprised me was Lydia's attitude towards her mother.

“How she is doing is none of your business. ” she said rudely.

Then she pulled me to go but I refused, her mother apologized to me and asked me not to mind her daughter's behavior. But then I thought she was the one she was being rude to and not me. Lydia only sneered and pulled me to her room which was downstairs. ‘She gets to escape faster when she's been beaten but I don't see that happening in this house and as to who would want to escape. ’ I thought.

I dressed in a sleeved yellow dress that got to my knees and I thought that Lydia too had such dresses in her closet but found out that it was actually the only one of the kind in it. We got out of the house and along we went to the male friend of Hers. It seems the day wasn't yet over.