Storyglossia Issue 45, June 2011.

 

susan is standing in the middle of regina's bedroom. regina is climbing through her bedroom window. this is not difficult since regina's bedroom is on the ground floor. susan is not talking loudly on her red blackberry pearl. susan is rifling through regina's drawers. regina does not keep things in her drawers because she knows that susan does this. when regina lands on her bedroom floor, susan stops tearing the room apart and begins to tear regina apart. susan is very good at hurting regina without leaving marks for the makeup crews to cover up. regina does not understand how something can be so painful and not leave anything behind. regina thinks that if she were a punch she would leave behind a bruise that would turn purple immediately and go through all stages of blue and green before slowly fading to the color of the inside of a rotting banana. when susan is satisfied she leaves regina's bedroom and does not say anything. regina sits in her closet and learns her lines for little miss darkness. regina thinks she will be able to convincingly portray a moody gothic teenager. she wonders what she will look like as an action figure.

 

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