III. The Vaughns.

Two weeks had passed since they found me in the forbidden forest, my memory was still fuzzy, however, I remembered enough to understand that this place was not exactly normal.

In the time that my recovery lasted, I met Marie and Alwin, two red-haired brothers and orphans. They take care of me, rather, Marie takes care of me; She is quite mature despite being only ten years old, she is an amazing, kind and caring girl. Unlike her brother who she barely looks at me.

Besides them, I met another quite curious pair, the Vaughns, made up of Petra, the oldest, and Paulie, the youngest. They are twins, I met them a few days ago, well, it was Marie who insisted on meeting them, although she preferred that I talk to Petra more than Paulie.

Petra, she turned out to be a very nice woman, but her sister… not so much. Paulie was too exotic for my taste, the way she dresses, talks and behaves I don't like her, it reminds me of my mother. In my vague memory of her, Paulie fit the bill.

My simplicity was too much for someone like Paulie, we just did not get along, before I could avoid it, being a stranger she did not care at all, but now that she saw me with much more attention she realized my way of dressing.

Paulie is a professional designer and seamstress, according to herself, those words don't really have that much value.

At this time I would have liked to follow my mother's fashion advice, which is not very far from Paulie's, however, she was much more severe, a few hours ago she put me in a dressing room with a large mirror, full of clothes, according to Paulie herself, "With those clothes no boy is going to want to go out with you, you should change them immediately."

Buffe, my reflection imitated my action at the same time. I have no intention of looking attractive to others. I took a quick look at the floor, all the clothes were scattered there, besides, no clothes were comfortable. My eyes traveled quickly to my face in the large mirror, now that I think about it… this was the first time I had seen myself since arriving here.

Now that she could do it, she missed when she didn't.

Seeing me made him remember how insignificant I was, as common as the rest, the only thing I possessed that distinguished me from a lot, were the emerald eyes that I inherited from my father, everything else that was left of my person was ordinary, brown hair, skin pale, small nose.

I shook my head to drive away the negative thoughts I had, as if it were a miracle, they disappeared almost instantly.

From here he could hear the voices of Marie, Petra and Paulie, who were chatting happily.

Somehow that joy was contagious to me, being here made me forget my problems, I had also forgotten the horrible feeling that it was to always carry them.

Being a teenager was not easy or at least I never tried to make it easy.

"Haley, did something happen?" "I wonder, Marie, from the other side of the door."

The twins stopped talking too, they are probably worried too, I think it took a long time here.

"I'm fine, I just got distracted for a moment, I'll get out right away," I replied, wishing he didn't open the door and see all this mess.

Marie broke my news to the others, without opening the door, I sighed in relief.

Quickly look for something that I could wear, a navy blue overalls captured my attention, without leaving time for doubts I put it on and left at once.

Paulie screamed, this was totally against what she wanted, however I prefer this gardener to indulging her and wearing something like her, which I am sure would be anything but comfortable.

Marie and Petra gave their approval, causing Paulie's complaints to be lost in the thousands of compliments they gave me.

Paulie was, without a doubt, like my mother, with what I did I had finally defeated the ideals and expectations that my mother created about me.

Which made me feel wonderful. I smirked.