PRETEND PRINCESS
Eyes — some wide, some narrowed.
Mouths whispering, sneering, laughing.
I was the joke now.
Folks I'd smiled at, made coffee runs for, covered shifts for — now staring at me like I was a monster.
"Freak."
"Sicko."
"Disgusting."
Paige, Stella , and some others just stared at me
Disgust and some emotion I couldn't name evident in their features
"You must be some kind of sick person, Yuyu — or is that even your name?"