Isabella sat there eating her pizza & watching The Ellen Show the restaurant had on the television. She loved The Ellen Show, adored Ellen Degeneres, but her parents, they hated gay people & The Ellen Show wasn't allowed on in their house...not even on HER TV in HER bedroom, she tried that & was grounded for 10 days. A girl walked by, She caught Isa's peripheral vision, but she was to engrossed in the show. Finally, 15 minutes later, the show was done. The girl, from 15 minutes earlier walked by again, this time Isa noticed & she was FLOORED! This girl was BEAUTIFUL. She had short, wavy black hair, exotic-looking chocolate-brown eyes, like jewels. a smile to melt your heart. She was tall & thin...not lanky-thin, but but healthy-thin. She wore a form-fitting tank-top & a pair of low-cut, form-fitting blue jeans. The girl was perfect. She wanted to hug her so bad. Would this girl be angry if she went up & hugged her? Isa vigorously shook her head, what the hell was she thinking? Wanted to HUG her?! Where was this coming from? She looked around frantically, someone had to be controlling her thoughts. No way could this be her thinking. Why on EARTH would she want to hug some random girl? This is strange, best go home & just put it out of mind, she thought. But, she had a problem, she couldn't stop looking at this girl.This was definitely not her, she couldn't stop LOOKING at her?! The girl walked up to her & said, "Hello, my name is Anaiyah Carlson" She was very formal, had a slight accent, but Isa couldn't tell where from. "I'm Isabella Lee", Isa responded, "You can call me Isa, everyone does" Anaiyah smiled & said, "Such a pretty name, for such a pretty girl Isa" Isa blushed, speechless. Anaiyah looked at the cell phone on the table & said, "Your phone?" Isa nodded, still speechless & blushing. Anaiyah picked Isa's phone up & entered something then said she had to go meet her sister. Isa grabbed her crutches & walked home. When she was safely in her room,she looked in her phone & she saw Anaiya had entered her number & a note that said "You're beautiful, Call me?" Isa was stunned, what was happenening? Why was she feeling so excited over 4 little words? Why was she feeling so strange over this girl. She had strange feelings for girls before...but NEVER like this before! What was happening to her? She had told her best friend Christina before about her strange feelings, Chrissy joked that she was probably a lesbian & didn't know it. She knew Chrissy was joking, but Isa was starting to wonder....was Chrissy's joke TRUE? She picked up the phone & slowly dialed Chrissy's number. Chrissy picked up on the 1st ring & said, "HEY HEY, FIRE GIRL" it's what Chrissy called her sometimes because her hair was so red. She started to cry a little & said to her, "Chrissy, HELP" Chrissy immediately became concerned & said, "Isa, what's wrong?" How do you know if you really ARE a lesbian Chrissy?" she asked her through her hiccups & tears? Then she relayed the WHOLE event with the girl Anaiyah from the restaurant with Chrissy. Chrissy was speechless, she didn't know what to say. "Chrissy, I can't be" Isa cried, "I can't be tainted & dirty like that, my parent's would hate me" Christina got angry, "ISA, IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU TAINTED & DIRTY" Isa yelled back, "THEN WHAT WOULD I BE? CERTAINLY NOT NORMAL, NOT WHAT THEY WOULD WANT ME TO BE" Christina retaliated, "ISABELLA, YOU WOULD BE DIFFERENT, NOT DIRTY, TAINTED, OR ANYTHING ELSE, YOU WOULD BE DIFFERENT! IF YOU WERE, & YOUR PARENTS DIDN'T LIKE IT, THEN IT'S THEIR FAULT, NOT YOURS, IT'S WHO YOU ARE!" Isabella cried & said into the phone, "I don't want to be different, it's bad enough I have Cerebral Palsy, I don't want to be a lesbian too & I won't be" that statement just made Christina angrier, so she hung up. Isa looked at the phone for a second, listening to the dial tone, then sat on her bed. She looked at the clock. Her mother came into her room & asked her what the yelling was. Isa told her it was nothing, her & Chrissy got into an argument. Her mother apologized, said she hoped it got better, & left her alone. Isa looked out her window at the pond in her yard. She watched her dog, Silk play in the water with the ducks for a moment. 'I wish I could be Silk', she thought to herself, 'It's just so simple to be a dog.' She began to cry harder, lay down & cried herself to sleep.