Damn Awesome Ladies

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A ficathon for Awesome Ladies! This is so amazing. The stories already posted are unbelievable. Go forth and request!

I answered this request:

Fandom: My So-Called Life
Character: Angela Chase (pre-angela/brian)
Prompt: i wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face



Her senior year, Angela lets the red grow out and her real hair color comes back. It's kind of darker than it used to be and she stares at her reflection for ages. It's got a little blonde in it and the thought of her actually having blonde hair makes her want to laugh. But, there's some red and really, it's mostly different shades of brown. She kind of likes it. It feels natural or something. And the dye really smells bad so it's not that great of a loss.

During class, she's constantly holding up the ends and looking at the strands through the sunlight that barely makes it through the dingy windows.

She can feel Brian looking at her.

It's like how she used to feel him looking at her, but now it's like, more, somehow. Like wearing a sweater when it's only slightly cold outside. Comfortable. Or something. (She's trying out more metaphors and similes these days because she thinks she might want to be a writer)

Anyway, Brian's kind of more these days.

And Jordan isn't. At least, not as much as he used to be. Kind of hard to be more when he's not even in like, the same town as her.

But, it's okay. Because she's got like, life experience now.

She wonders if she should tell Brian that she can feel him looking at her. She decides not to. Because, maybe then he'd stop and she likes the way it calms something inside her.

And he'd probably be offended or something at being compared to a sweater.