8:30: Alexis house. 

"Alexis! Where have you been?!" Mom snapped. Her head facing my direction, a tall green mug on one hand and her phone on the other as soon as i opened the door. 

"I went to golden steakhouse to try their pasta." I muttered. 

As soon as I mentioned 'Golden steakhouse',  her blue eyes shot to the ceiling and her jaw dropped to the ground. 

"What?! How much is it?!" She reacted. That's right, that place may be renowned for it's exquisite dishes and fine dining, but with expensive prices!

"Around $15..." 

"What?! Around $15?! What did you order?!"

"Just a plate of spaghetti with red sauce and meatballs." I replied.  

"Really? Out of all dishes? Can't you just order it somewhere else at a cheaper price?" She asked. 

"I was craving for spaghetti with meatballs for weeks after seeing a tutorial on YouTube, and the school hasn't been serving it for weeks..." I explained. 

"And why is your hair so wet?!" Mom interrupted, "and what happened to your clothes?!" 

"I ran into some of the popular kids in school and one of them dumped my pasta on me, luckily a kind lady helped me up and got me a new plate. And my hair is wet because I had to wash the sauce off..." I explained. 

"Just make sure this doesn't happen again, okay?!" She snapped. 

Urgh! You and dad only care about Diamond because she's so "perfect" , famous and has blue eyes like yours! 

I wasn't in the mood for an argument, so I threw my clothes in the wash and took a shower, once out in my favourite black pajamas with mini yellow stars, I headed to my room, the door closing behind me. 

I immediately fished under the pillow and pulled out my songwriting notebook, now filled with thoughts and emotions, one was "ms perfect", which i spent a week perfecting,  symbolising my sister Diamond being popular in school for her beauty. (Didn't mention fame as well)

And what do our peers think of her? Guys "say I wish I could date her" because she's "pretty, perfect and flawless. " And "most girls say I wish I could be her, perfect looks and guys on hooks." Really, all because she's pretty (and famous). But "under the glamour a demon lurks..." I know the lyrics may sound cringe, but it's the unfortunate reality of this superficial world. 

I flipped to two empty pages. Perfect. I fished out a blue fountain pen from my pencil case and begin writing while my belly was in contact with the soft surface of the mattress. 

I was thinking of an album of songs about the toxic figures in my life... One of the songs being "ms perfect ". Maybe ... I should write one about lily ... And I'll call it, "Losing my shining torch" 

"Thrust in the dark when I was born, 

My vision was solely black, (my parents didn't love me)

Lone in a shallow world facing hatred and scorn, ( alone for my looks) 

With noone to have my back, (no friends or parents there for me. )

An endless torture in the dark, (growing up without anyone caring or loving me)

Without a warm spark, 

In the dark a torch flickered a dim glow, 

Which the love for me it showed, (when I met and  befriended lily)

Belonging surged through my blood, 

Love too like a flood, (lily was the first to show me love)

The sharp hurls of cruel glass, 

Replaced by warm green grass! (Lily was the first to show kindness)

Than on, I found another, ( when Lily and I met and befriended Kiara)

Who loved me unlike any other, (Kiara is one of the few showing me kindness)

But soon torch 2 faded into the dark, 

Lost its warm spark (kiara broke up with me and Lily for popularity)

Than soon went torch 1 before it's fire touched my skin. (Lily cruelly ditched me for popularity)

Back to full darkness, hated and alone, (I had no friends) 

Despite committing no sin,

Constantly burned by the first torch remains, (lily bullied me after ditching me for popularity)

Leaving permanent stains! (It affected me extremely)...."

(Author's note: only some of the lyrics)

Knock. Knock. 

"Yes?" I barely Whispered, my head at the door, my pen down. 

The door swung open, revealing a stunning beauty with wavy golden curls, a portion tied info two ponytails and in a blue crop top and blue jeans hugging the figure of her legs. 

"Hey sis!" She sneered, waving her hand in the air arrogantly, her eyebrows arched and one hand on her hips.

"What do you want, Diamond?" I grumbled. 

"So I was on the way home from another photoshoot, and got bored so I decided to go on Facebook, and what did I find?" 

She held up her phone, with a glittery light blue phone cover adorned with cute manga beauty  stickers, the screen gleaming in my direction. 

"Is this you, sis?" She snickered. 

At that moment. My brown eyes widened, and my face went white as snow. Gasp!

It was a post of me, earlier at golden steakhouse, pasta, meatballs and red sauce reaching from head to toe, the title was: Saw this at Golden steakhouse when going on my first date with my crush Eric! 😂

But the most interesting part was ... The post was under the name: queen lily.... Lily's account 

"Haha! What a loser!"

"Is that pasta with meatballs and tomato sauce? Hope she can afford another one! ,😂😂"

And other insulting comments flooded the comments section. 

"Like what you see?" Taunted Diamond, before adding: "and it's not just Lily. " Giving her screen a few taps before gleaming in my direction again. 

Revealing... 

A similar post , this time from an unfamiliar username and title, but with the same photo in lily's latest post, among with comments similar to the ones on lily's post. 

"Your expression was priceless! I've totally forgotten to give it a like!" She mocked, tapping the like button on Lily's post before turning around. 

"Have fun going viral! See ya!" Diamond taunted, a delicate slim hand waving in the air, closing the door behind her. 

I can't believe this. My instincts were right ; that photo had ended up on social media... As a mockery! 

I was like a volcano, temptation to release those magma boiling inside of me. Another part of me attempting to keep it in. Every last bit concern I had for Lily drowned in the mental lava, nothing remaining of those feelings. 

MARK MY WORDS, LILY!!! THIS IS FAR FROM OVER!!! I'll let you along with your precious new friends and everyone else think you have the upper hand, I'll do whatever you say, wear the mask of submissiveness and inferiority, and when you least expect it, I would rise to the top as a world famous singer and inspire millions! My name would be in lights, under my stage persona, Midnight! Representing the nightmare I faced for failing to reach the standards of superficial beauty and my favourite colour, black! and don't worry, so will yours once I use your consequences for superficial popularity as a cautionary tale. Perhaps you would 'save' many future teenagers from suffering the same consequences you would someday. So Enjoy having the upper hand when you can, because I promise you, it's not going to last. You and your pathetic new friends may have won the battle with everyone else on your side, but I will win the war! And when I'm done! You'll all wish to be me instead!!!

But...Would my plan backfire?