"Of course it was. I'm so sorry that happened to you, Odessa."
She shrugged. "Believe me, I've gotten used to it. I grew boobs in, like, fifth grade. It kinda just happens now, y'know?"
Addison frowned again. "Sweetheart, that's not something you should normalize. Your body belongs to you, not anybody else."
Odessa stilled at that. Her lips turned downward and she went back to twirling her hair, trying to distract herself but it didn't work. Of course she understood the logic behind Dr. Carmichael's words. But she was a woman. Women were bound to always know the feeling of eggshells beneath their feet. Odessa remembered a time when she became mean. How she slowly, with time, turned into a wolf, into a snake, something cruel and inhuman. But that's not who she was. Odessa wasn't mean. She wasn't cruel. She was gentle, something looked down upon by others but really, it was the best thing about her. Her bloodied and cut knuckles were healed. She violently did she know the world but Odessa had survived it plenty of times.











Odessa couldn't remember the last went to a sleepover that wasn't at Hailey's house. Her and Sam used to have sleepovers all the time, mainly at the Larusso home. All of the girls would get together, which would go badly sometimes considering Hailey never liked Yasmine. But then when everything went downhill, Odessa stopped going to any of their houses. She either spent all of her time at her own home or Hailey and boy's houses.
So when Johnny called her and invited her to a sleepover at Devon's house (which she thought was creepy but she decided not to ask questions) Odessa was excited. So excited that she dragged Hailey with her. "I don't want to have a sleepover at a freshman's house."
"Oh, come on, it'll be fun." Odessa pleaded with her. They walked up to Devon's front door with their overnight bags slung over their shoulders. "Plus, think about the boys. They can all have a guys night."
Hailey rolled her eyes. "I was planning to have a night with Grayson doing face masks but noooo." She dramatized.
She chuckled. "You guys do that nearly every weekend. Your skin is perfect. You'll be fine."
The brunette grew a smirk and brushed her right cheek. "Thanks, I know."
Reaching the front door, Odessa knocked and after a couple minutes, the door swung open and Devon appeared with a wide smile on her face. "Oh my gosh, you actually came!" She squealed.
Hailey faked a smile while Odessa gave the younger girl a genuine one. "Thanks for having us, Devon. We're really excited."
"Come inside. Come inside! Everyone's already here!" Devon urged and motioned for them to come inside.
Hailey's eyes narrowed as she stepped inside the home. "Uhh, everyone?"
She led them to the basement and Odessa's eyebrows shot up when she saw Sam and Tory standing at the end of the staircase. "Tory, Sam, you're spending the night, too?"
Seeing the blonde man in the corner of the room, Hailey looked bewildered. "Johnny?"
Johnny broke out in a smile. "Hey hey, there you two are!"
"Dess, Hailey, I didn't know you were coming." Sam said when she looked over her shoulder.
"Odessa made me."
Odessa quickly hit her arm. She was more than shocked to see Tory there, seeing as how sleepovers weren't her thing. She looked around the decorated and very pink basement. "Wow, this looks like it'll be fun."
"Yes, it will be!" Devon said cheerfully and she came bouncing back with a box full of nail polishes in her arms. "I didn't know what color nail polish you guys like, so, I just got all of them."