That’s why I’m going to be a Doctor. Boys are stupid and horrible and…and…’ ‘You can be whatever you want Lizzy, but I’m going to be lik...e Mummy and have children and a husband. So there! You can work your silly fat head off at school and things for all I care. I don’t have to do what you tell me just because you’re ten minutes older. I bet one day you’ll be really, really, sorry, and I bet you’ll be like our teacher, all miserable, and dried up like a prune. I bet all she’s got is class work. The sunlight was now beginning to peak into the house, making me speed up as I knew I hadn’t much time left before the others got up. I placed my small feet softly on the wooden floor of the kitchen and looked over to the glass which still had water and saliva sliding down the side. I moved closer to the guest room, hearing my stepdad’s heavy breaths inside. Ever so slightly, I opened the door and looked at the mass covered by the bed sheets. A smile formed on my face as the sun entered the. " I stare atthe little girl that keeps talking."We just came over and wanted to see if your daughter, I mean son wantedto come play with us across the street at the playground? I thought youwere a girl Kelly when I seen your long hair. I'm sorry we just don'thave that many girls in our neighborhood, and I thought I wouldn't bethe only one anymore."Mommy smiles at the little girl talking to me. "Yes, Kelly gets that alot because of his long hair and small petite body." I feel mommyrubbing the. "You look pretty enough that you should have pretty pink things," Bill explained to Beth in the same early morning rasp as he handed the brush to her. He grabbed the lavender brush and wrote Mandy on the back. "You look as pretty as a princess and a princess should have a royal color so lavender it is," he said in his rough voice with finality. He handed the brush back to Mandy and asked, "The color combs goes with the same color brushes. Do either of you have any questions?"Both girls were.