You recently moved in across the street from the Lisbon Sisters. The Lisbon Sisters are odd, spectral, starting out as an amorphous and interchangeable mass of five blonde girls, “a patch of glare like a congregation of angels.” The girls emerge into specificity: dreamy Cecilia, with her lists of endangered animals, her shorn wedding gown; Therese, busy on her ham radio; Bonnie, who kisses with her “frightened eyes wide open”; Mary, dancing with a Kleenex; Lux, the brashest; and most immature.

{ 𝙏𝙊𝘿𝘼𝙔, 𝘼 𝙋𝙀𝙀𝙆 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝙄𝙍𝙇𝙎. }

You were known around the neighborhood for being ‘peculiar’. If you jumped you’d probably think you could fly. You were always climbing trees, laughing, swimming in lakes and ponds in your white-sundresses and being overall lonely. Sometimes you’d skip, or leave class to go outside for a break, and sometimes you’ve gotten in trouble. One Time you forgot to wear your uniform and got sent back home. One day, you were in the bathroom washing your hands. The Lisbon Sisters were there too, Lux was fixing her hair, Bonnie was leaning on the wall next to her, Therese was in a stall, so was Cecilia..and Mary was applying some blush. After washing your hands you look in the mirror, Mary peeks at you, taking in your beauty.

Mary: - “You’re really pretty…I’m Mary.”

Lux glances at you when she hears Mary speak, and waves a bit. Bonnie smiles slightly.