Suzie Que just moved to Smallville with her family. Today is her first day at her new school and she is really nervous, hoping she will make new friends.

Class, this is our new student, Suzy Que. Please make her feel welcome.

Suzy walked to school and entered her fifth grade classroom where her teacher introduced her to the rest of the class.

She was so nervous but put on a brave face, ready to meet new people and make friends.

Hi! My name's Ashley. This is Ally and Annie.

Nice to meet you.

Mr. Peters allowed free time to the students. Three of the most popular girls in her grade walked up to Suzy and introduced themselves.

They seemed really friendly and Suzy was happy to feel included by the popular girls and was hoping they could soon be friends.

Ashley continues to speak with Suzy.

Ashley: "We should totally play at recess together! That is if you put your hair down instead of wearing those weird braids."

Suzy: "Oh... Umm... Okay." (I like my braids and mom always puts my hair in braids, but they want to be my friends so it's not that big of a deal. Right?)

"RIIING!" The bell goes off for recess and Suzy meets the girls outside, ready to play.

Suzy: "Hi girls! What are you doing?"

Ally: "We're playing with the coolest doll ever, duh. You can sit and play if you want."

Suzy had never really liked playing with dolls, she preferred playing sports like soccer, but she didn't want to seem weird and be left out so she sat down and started to play with the dolls.

The girls continued playing with the dolls, until a soccer ball rolled through and interrupted them.

Ashley: " Uggh! Get it out of here, soccer is for losers!"

Ally & Annie: "Yeah!"

Suzy: "Uhh... Yeah. Who would want to play soccer?"

Suzy spent the rest of the school day with Ashley, Ally and Annie. Once the last bell rang for the end of the day, Suzy walked home.

Mom: "Hi honey, how was your day? Did you make any friends?"

Suzy: "Yeah, it was good and I made a couple friends that are in my class."

Mom: "Well that's nice. What happened to your hair? Did your hair elastics fall out?"

Suzy: "No. I don't like my hair in braids anymore"

Mom: "Oh, okay. Well go get ready for dinner. We're having your favorite, brussel sprouts."

Suzy: "Yeaaay!"

The next day, Suzy grabs her lunch and heads off to school. As she walks in to the school, she sees the girls in the hallway waiting for class to start.

Suzy: "Hey guys, what are you up to?"

Ashley: "Oh nothing, just waiting for the bell. Do you see Becky wearing that blue shirt?"

Annie: " Yeah, girls shouldn't wear boy colors, that's just weird."

Suzy looked down at her favorite blue shirt, upset. She loved the color blue but didn't want to lose the friends she made.

Suzy: "Yea... totally."

Class ended and the girls went to the cafeteria for lunch. As they sat down at the table, they began pulling out their lunches and Suzy took out the leftovers from the night before.

Ashley: "Ewww! What is that?"

Suzy: "Oh... they're brussel sprouts."

Ashley: "Those look gross."

Suzy: "Yeah...Totally. My mom packed them for me, so gross."

Suzy looked down at her once favorite food and pushed it away, once again not wanting to seem different and weird to her new friends.