A Tale: Bad Liars Have No Peace...Grrrl!

A short story series based on my life stories, with a dramatic twist.

Part 2 - Living Like A Free Birdie!

Continued...

STRESSED!! I was sooo Stressed and felt like I had no way out!!

The minute I arrived at school I was, STRESSED! I mean how could

I not be? I'm a terrible liar, plus I easily overthink and for the most part, I derived no joy from trying to be Sherlock Holmes, a 13-year old could only do so much to keep track of all the dumb details of my story.

*What school did I say he was from? *How long were we together? *Did I make-up the break-up story? *What if they want pictures... Oh NO!

I spent all day feeling stressed and trying to "ACT" natural in front of my friends. God must have heard all the prayers, I prayed that day, it seemed as though my friends had forgotten about the whole 'fake primary school boyfriend' little lie, or so I hoped.

We were all painting in art class and my mood was starting to lift, because I enjoyed painting quite a bit. Everyone was chatting while painting and as I took a large sigh, I knew I was not a gangster, I wasn't slick, and the most exhausting thing I'd learned was trying to pretend to be 'cool' when I was a born and bread goofy nerd.

"I LIED!" I blurted out.

"I've never had a boyfriend...sorry, I lied."

SILENCE... Then laughter from EVERYONE!

"Grrrl we know, we were going along with it for fun, but we all knew it's not true." - one of my friends' spoke up.

Although humiliation tried to creep up, a feeling more powerful trumped it... RELIEF! I was so relieved, I felt free, seriously like a butterfly, nope a bird in a cloudless sky haha!

To this day, over 15 years later, me and my high school friends still joke about my 'fake boyfriend story' but in hindsight I'm glad I learned early, that I'm bad at lying, lying sucks and most importantly, show up as yourself. I only realized later on in life, that this would prove an advantage for me and as an adult I soon found words, for this life lesson and I'm keeping it with me, through every season in life.

~The END~