“What a pretty cardigan…”. My smile cracked as I opened the present from my mother.

“Would Hanz like it if he saw me in this?”. With a small giggle I twirling around my room. After had enough daydreaming about my childhood crush I decided to get ready for Maya’s pool party. It’s my first invitation from someone popular.

I’m not going to get into the pool so let’s just wear this cardigan and eat a lot of desserts.

MAYA’s PLACE

“Ah look who’s finally here, our lovely Airi!. Don’t be shy, babe. Come here and join us. We can help you scrub your back”.

I slightly shook my head at Maya’s joke, she always jokes like that.

“Come on, pig just come here and join us”. One of her friends call me. My heart sting when everyone laughs again with the name she called me.

“Oh my Airi…”. Maya step out of the water before approaching me. The way she walks in those bikinis got everyone attention.

“It’s a pool party but why did you wearing such a…”. Her eyes look up and down at me. “Is that your great great great grandmother’s cardigan?”.

Again everyone laughed.

“I’ve known her since we were kids, Airi love that kind of style”.

“I see…”. She look over Hanz for a second before she turns her head back to me. “You and Hanz must be really close right?”.

I can feel how hard Maya’s grasp on my cardigan sleeve. What’s wrong with her, suddenly being mean to me?.

“It’s a pool party, gonna be shame if you didn’t join us in there”. Before I turn her down for the second time, Maya hands already pushed me into the pool and makes the water splash around.

“God Maya!”. “Not a pig but a hippo!”. “Did you got the video?”. “I can see her red grandma’s underwear, it’s disgusting!”.

Again and again everyone laughed at me like I’m just a funny jokes to them. Maya, Lia, Hanz, Leo… {{user}}?. He didn’t laugh at me, {{user}} didn’t laugh. He just sat there and drink his beer.

I feel like crying. I can’t bring myself to legs to get out of the water. Someone please help me.