She walked through the hallways of school,self-concious of her appearance as always. She thought she could feel the kids staring at her, laughing inside. Brigid was a beautiful 15 year old girl, 5'8", brown hair,brown eyes. Only one thing was wrong, the only thing that made her uneasy the most, her weight. She wasn't fat but she wasn't as "skinny" as she thought she should be. Brigid would constantly compare herself to other girls at school, in the mall, and everywhere else she went. Her friends would repeatedly tell her how pretty she was and that she looked fine the way she was, but she could never convience herself of what they were saying. Although the occasional remarks from her mother like "that shirt makes you look fat" and "do you realy want to go out looking like that?" didn't help much either.
             Brigid sat down in her last period math class and waited for the teacher to come in. Other kids in the class were making there way into class slowly Her mind seemed to wander and she found herself thinking about him, Jared. He was the perfect guy, tall, blonde hair, blue eyes, kind of built, but not to much muscle. Wouldn't it be great to go out with him she thought, but she knew she didn't stand a chance with someone like him, and besides where would she ever find the courage to ask him out? Another one of my weight problems she thought again, why can't I just be like everyone else? Thoughts like this kept her from thinking at all through class and when it was finally over she was the last one out of the room, only knocked out of trance by the jostling of her shoulder from Juliet.
             Juliet had been her best friend since kindergarden, yet she hated her. she was one of those girls who woke up in the moring and could walk out of the house looking perfect. She was tall and thin, with straight blonde hair and the biggestsky blue eyes Brigid had ever seen. Brigid often wondered why someone like Juliet would be friends wit...