Page 18 - When I Was... a Girl by Oliwia Penkala

“Yeah, sure. I feel you, sister.” I laughed but what if she didn’t lie? I didn’t care who she was as long as she did something to turn me back into a boy. “Marco, I am serious. You’ve just promised that you will NEVER EVER offence a girl again but if you do, I will punish you worse than THIS.” “I am not scared.” “You should be.” Whaaaaaat? She is a witch, I am a boy and all I know is that someone here is lying. And I never lie. Well, except... I lied once but it wasn’t even serious. I said that one girl was really ugly though she was kind of pretty and I really liked her. “So why you lied to her?” “What’s wrong with you, girl? Don’t read my mind!” Maggie laughed and then she said something under her breath and I felt like I was kicked in my stomach and suddenly I woke up in my bed. And there I was, in my green room again. And on my pillow, next to my face, I saw a note. “You should keep your word. You can hurt someone lying to them.” And then a rose appeared next to the piece of paper. A white rose. 18