#i.flynn

College will be better, they said. Well, it might’ve been, had Mertle not been in one of her classes, again. 

These days Mertle took more joy out of making Lilo look like she was overreacting than actually offending her. Today was one of those days. Mertle would snicker and point, making Lilo uncomfortable and paranoid. It was easier when the redhead did something for everyone to see. Even if she got called to the dean’s office and Nani yelled at her all the way home. It was better than this. This constant fear that everyone was laughing at her too.

Asides from Stitch, Mertle made sure no one was friends with Lilo. Everyone thought she was weird and her violent outbursts didn’t make her on anyone’s ‘to befriend’ list. Stitch wasn’t much better, but he still found his own weird group of friends. Lilo, was alone. 

So maybe she hurried out of her class quicker than necessary, but she needed a head start. Mertle never quit, the never-ending mockery never ends. At work, at school, walking around town, short of following her home, it was constant. Maybe it’d gotten worst since she made the redhead’s nose bleed. 

Nevertheless, Lilo rode her skateboard as fast as she could. The blaring of pop music coming from Mertle’s stupid expensive car not far behind her. Once she got downtown again, she grabbed her board and hurried into the first open building.