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Zar, the real me, and not the freak from school gives me hope that one day I can leave all this behind and move on.
    I hear a taping sound come from my bedroom door. I can only assume it’s mom or Zoe. I really don’t feel like waking up just yet.
    “Zar, you up yet?” Mom asks, after opening my door and entering the room.
    I pull the covers over my head trying to avoid her.
    “Well, obviously I can see that you’re up and moving. It’s time you wake up, get ready and come down stairs. Zeke and Allie will be here soon and I want to spend the day together as a family. You up for it or do you plan on staying up here all day in hiding?”
    Now that she’s sitting next to me on my bed, I really don’t have much of a choice. She’s going to continue talking until I get my butt out of bed. I toss the covers from my head and see her smiling face looking down at me.
    I let out a heavy sigh.
    “Morning mom, thanks for the early wake up call,” I say, scooting myself up to the top of my bed.
    “You’re welcome. Now get yourself moving before your brother gets here,” she says, pulling all the covers off of me and the bed.
    “Ok, mom, I get it. I’m up now so go bug Zoe until she gets up,” I say swatting her hand away from me.
    She lets out a giggle and leaves my room.
    Zeke, Zoe and I are fortunate to have parents like we do. As busy as mom and dad are with their careers, they always find time to be with us and make sure our family stays connected.
    I love my family. I really do. It’s just that they don’t understand me. All they know is that I’m the Evan’s family member that has an awkward sense for fashion statements because of my dark choices in wardrobe. The worst part about it all is that they don’t even know why I do it. I’ve kept this horrible secret from them for years and I have no intention of them finding out about the pain I feel every day.
    It’s only a few more months and then things will be different. At least, I hope things will be different.
    Once mom clears out of my room, I hop out of my bed and head into my bathroom. I figure I might as well take a shower before heading down to meet Zeke and Allie. It’s been a few weeks since my brother and his girlfriend came home to visit so I want to make sure I’m ready when they get here.
    Zeke and Allie met in college at Iowa State and have been together ever since their freshman year. My brother was an all-American jock and got a full ride to college on a football scholarship. As for Allie, she started off wanting to major in business and found herself falling in love with my older brother. They really are quite cute together and, at times, I feel a bit envious of their relationship.
    As for me, I turned eighteen a few months ago and I’ve never even been in a relationship. It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s just that in my school and in my world outside of this house I’m a social outcast.
    The sound of a knock snaps me out of my thoughts.
    “I’m in the shower!” I shout.
    I hear the door open and a few seconds later it shuts. What the hell?
    I snap open the curtain a smidge and see Allie standing there with mom and Zoe.
    “Umm hey guys, I must have missed the party invite, but if you didn’t notice…I’m in the shower. So can you get out and wait in my room for me?”
    The three of them stand there in silence with grins ready to break their faces. I give them all a questionable glare and pull the shower curtain shut. I quickly rinse the soap off of my body and the shampoo out of my hair.
    Stretching my arm out of the shower curtain someone hands me both my towels and I begin to dry off. When I pull back the curtain they are all still standing in the same spot with the same look on their faces.
    “Come on guys, you’re beginning to worry me here. What’s going on and why the hell would you guys stay in here waiting while I shower?”
    Zoe grabs Allie’s left hand and pushes it out in front of me.
    With her hand mere