To everyone in the room, she seemed like just a normal girl wearing Vans, blue jeans, and a red hoodie.

No one knew how her fingers still fumbled when applying eyeliner and lipstick. Or the struggles she had endured to finally match her body to her soul. 

No one knew how they had taunted her when she changed her name. Called her "freak". 

No one knew...

As she stood inside the new school, she released a long-held sigh of relief, having longed to be seen as just a normal girl wearing Vans, blue jeans, and a red hoodie.