An ebony haired girl with freckles walked through the front door of her house. She was excited & couldn't wait to tell her mom the good news. She knows that she will have her mom's support. This would be a great end to her senior chapter. Little does she know,her mom would say otherwise.

"Hey mom," shouted the freckled girl.

         A woman came out of a bedroom. She saw her daughter so ecstatic & couldn't help but to smile. Her daughter was the light of her life. She loved to see her daughter happy. She only wished the family had one more member with them.

Lizzie,short for Elizabeth ran to her mother & hugged her before saying,"I have some good news!"

"Oh,what is it," asked the mother as a smile forms on her face.

"I'm running for prom queen," shouted the joyful girl.

        The mother froze. She was not expecting this. And she did not like it one bit. Her smile turned into a frown. Why wasn't she happy for her daughter? No one knows,but one thing for sure is she will do whatever it takes so she doesn't run for prom queen.

" . . . You can't run for prom queen . . . " the mother said after 5 minutes of silence.

        Lizzie pulled back. She couldn't believe her ears. This was the same mother who supported her when she said that she didn't want to make lots of money. This was the same mother who was supportive when she came out of the closet. Yet here she is saying that she can't run.

" . . . Excuse me," asked Lizzie.

"You heard me Elizabeth, you CAN'T run for prom queen," her mother said to her a bit harshly.

"Why not," shouted the black hair girl.

"Because I say so," the mother said to her.

"Well I will run for it!" Shouted the freckled hair girl angrily.

"No you won't!"

"Yes I will!"

"No you won't!"

"Yes I will,you're just jealous of me because you never get what you want!"

        Lizzie then felt a hand across her face. She held her cheek. She realized that she was slapped . . . By her mother of all people. Her mother widened her eyes, shocked of herself for doing that.

" . . . Lizzie I . . ." Started the mother before getting interrupted.

"I HATE YOU!" Shouted the teen girl before running into her bedroom.