Essay: 'You' Re Wearing A Coat?

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“You’re wearing a coat” “Yes.” “In summer?” “Yes.” Walking to school as fast as possible, Lucy struggled to keep up with the rather tall best friend. With her slightly taller friend Hana jogging on her left and Ayato speed walking on her right, Lucy made her way up the cement steps, huffing after only twelve steps. “Take off the coat,” Hana muttered in a pleading tone, “You’ll have a heatstroke.” “I will not! I love my coat!” She retorted as sweat spots began to appear through her slimming black coat. With the sun beating down on the them as they made their way to school, Lucy made taking her coat with her her number one mission; even if it killed her. With a head as hard as the heavy books she carried filled with years worth of
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After refusing to wear the white skirt and having a rather lengthy discussion with the principal and her father, however, she managed to gain the option of wearing black pants with the rather ridiculous penalty of paying more money. Even so, Lucy wouldn’t deny she thought Hana pulled the look off well. With short but petite legs and a slim body, Hana tended to be the main attraction for boys. Lucy, although happy with the thought of being considered ‘the pretty girl’, completely disagreed with the need for girls to be slim as it always seemed the media stressed the need to be small and petite. In the end, most boys feared her unnatural strength anyways. Even if a relationship in high school actually mattered to her, she would never downplay herself in such a fashion. Hana, who refused to date any boys before college, completely agreed with Lucy’s opinion on dating and often turned down the boys who asked her out only for her looks. Snapping out of her focus on Hana’s appearance, Lucy pulled out her ID, her other friends following her lead. As they passed the teachers who were looking down, the teachers continued to check every neck for an attached lanyard allowing them in the school. Other students, who either didn’t …show more content…
You have to pay for that.” Lucy noticed his slightly sharp tone, but played it off with a quick flip of her long hair, pushing it back to show off her new hair style.
“So what? Now we have something fun to do this summer, swim! You should’ve joined instead of doing JROTC,” she responded as Matthew rolled his eyes but lazily smiled. “Who knows, maybe we’ll see you while you’re running around the track for free in your gym clothes.” Lucy erupted in laughter as as Matthew gave her a not to friendly sign in ASL while everyone else around her stood confused and disturbed by the strange black girl having the time of her life in the school

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