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OPERATION
When the day came, Tally waited for the car alone.
Tomorrow, when the operation was all over, her parents
would be waiting outside the hospital, along with Peris and
her other older friends. That was the tradition. But it
seemed strange that there was no one to see her off on this
end. No one said good-bye except a few uglies passing by.
They looked so young to her now, especially the justarrived
new class, who gawked at her like she was an old
pile of dinosaur bones.
She’d always loved being independent, but now Tally felt
like the last littlie to be picked up from school, abandoned
and alone. September was a crappy month to be born.
“You’re Tally, right?”
She looked up. It was a new ugly, awkwardly exploding
into unfamiliar height, tugging at his dorm uniform like it
was already too tight.
“Yeah.”
“Aren’t you the one who’s going to turn today?”
“That’s me, Shorty.”