Page 12 - When I Was... a Girl by Oliwia Penkala

"Sarcasm is for smart people," I said and went back to my bench. I thought It would be easier... I was wrong - for the first time in this body. The brunette stared at me as if I had broken her new PlayStation. "Did she just say that I'm stupid?” I sighed loudly and looked at the high school teacher who had just walked into the class. "Mrs. Jones, I think Maggie is a volunteer today." "Oh, okay, Maggie. Come here." "I think someone here should change the shirt. She looks fat." "Undo what you just said or..." "Or what? You’ll smear your pink lip gloss on me or you’ll tell me to wear a hideous shirt... Oops, you already have it on you." "Your shirt is probably not of this decade" "Your brain probably stopped unfolding when you were five." "Did she just offend me?" "No, baby, I just said that you should learn more to help your brain start working." "Oh, good. Thanks." I rolled my eyes. Going to the teacher’s desk, I was a bundle of nerves. I was supposed to answer the teacher’s questions but I didn’t know anything so I got an F and I 12