Nikki Meets Nessa
One day a young woman named Nikki visited her new school Shiz University. She was a lover of performing arts and was a member of her church choir, and she loved cheering on her professional performer friends at small venues in her town. Nikki also loved gushing about her friends on her podcast Encouragement Notes.
One day, before class Nikki noticed a young woman sitting by herself. Being the extrovert she is, Nikki strolled up to the woman and introduced herself.
Hey, I’m Nikki! I’m new here; what’s your Name?
The shy woman smiled and said,
Hi,
I’m Nessa Rose
Nice to meet you, Nessa. How long have you been coming here?
My sister Elphaba and I have been students here for a year; I’m waiting for her to get out of her sorcery seminar.
After a few minutes of silence, Nessa got the courage to ask,
Nikki, why do you use a chair with wheels? I don’t like being in one; it makes me feel weird.
First of all, Nessa, I get it; I’ve been through times when I thought I was weird too.
At the last school, I was at, someone came up to me and asked if I would get any better. I went into shock and didn’t say anything.
I’ve also heard the question, how do we describe you? People who don’t know me often think I’m strange, and I used to agree with them and believe that I needed to be fixed somehow, but this past year has been life-changing for me! All of the ideas I had about myself have been challenged in a good way because I met a group of women who look like me. They are members of a group called the Rollettes members of their dance classes. You ought to look into the classes.
As Nikki finishes gushing about the team, Elphaba comes up to Nikki and Nessa; she’s pretty but Nikki could tell that people had considered her strange as well because she was green.
Hi Elphaba! This is my new friend Nikki; she’s been telling me all about her life and the people she has met. I think I want to try one of the dance classes she goes to. They meet on Tuesday. I want to go check it out. It sounds like fun!
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