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\"3_fairies_watercolor_by_the_mongoose-d36624n\"<\/a>I sat there, waiting in suspense with my hands clasped together while my\u00a0<\/span>friends, Mandy and Bee, danced around me, waltzing together. I laughed at my silly friends. \u201cC\u2019mon, tell me the secret already!\u201d I urged. It was almost midnight on New Year\u2019s Eve, and my friends had told me they had a secret to tell me, and that they would tell it to me at midnight exactly. At 10 seconds until midnight, we grasped each others\u2019 hands and watched the television, counting along with the people at 42nd St. Times Square.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTen\u2026 nine\u2026 eight\u2026 seven\u2026 six\u2026 five\u2026 four\u2026 three\u2026 two\u2026 one!!!!!!!!!\u201d We screamed, jumped up and down and danced together.<\/p>\n

I laughed and turned towards Mandy and Bee. \u201cNow tell me the secret already!\u201d I giggled. Mandy\u2019s face turned serious. Bee bit her lip.<\/p>\n

\u201cJuliette,\u201d Mandy says softly. \u201cOnce we tell you this secret we will have broken a huge rule in our community. Bee and I, well, we\u2019ve been best friends with you for such a long time, we think you deserve to know our secret. Now promise me that this won\u2019t spin out of control, okay?\u201d<\/p>\n

I had no idea what she was talking about, but I nodded yes. We pinky-swore. Bee sat nearby, looking uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

Mandy took a deep breath. \u201cAll right,\u201d she said primly, taking a seat and putting her hands together in her lap, sitting straight. Mandy forced a giggle. \u201cOkay, so\u2026 Bee and I are fairies,\u201d she blurted out. I glanced at her, thinking that she would suddenly burst out laughing and say \u201ctricked you!\u201d But the laughter never came. Her face was dead serious.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait,\u201d I stuttered. \u201cYou\u2019re serious?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I am quite serious, Juliette,\u201d she said, drawing herself up to her full height, which was about a head shorter than me. \u201cI think I know my own identity quite well. We,\u201d she said, gesturing towards Bee, \u201chave parents who are both fairies, and we have fairy blood running through our veins. I will demonstrate my fairy-ness in case you don\u2019t believe me.\u201d She snapped her fingers, slowly lifting up the television by sheer willpower. Her face was completely focused and serene. I gaped at her and the now one-foot off the ground television. Mandy slowly and gently put the television back in its proper place. Her forehead was beaded with sweat, but she looked happy and relieved. Mandy tossed her hair back. Her voice dropped to a whisper. \u201cI am dead serious by all this. You better not violate our pinky-swear, Juliette. Otherwise, you violate our friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n

I nodded. \u201cI completely understand,\u201d I smiled. \u201cThank you for trusting me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mandy nodded to acknowledge me, but I could see that she was a bit unconvinced that I would keep the secret.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you not trust me?\u201d I asked softly, a bit hurt.<\/p>\n

Mandy suddenly got very interested in her carpet design. After a while, she looked up. \u201cJuliette, I completely trust you, as you are my best friend. But, I\u2019ve heard our community gives terrible punishments for those who tell others of their true identity. Please understand how serious this is. We all need to be cautious from here on in.\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know why, but I suddenly got so mad at Mandy and Bee for keeping this huge secret from me all this time. My best friends had been excluding me from our group without me even knowing it. That came as a huge shock to me, especially because I\u2019d thought that our group had shared all the secrets there was to share.<\/p>\n

Bee must have seen the raging anger on my face, because she spoke up. \u201cJuliette, we weren\u2019t excluding you from anything. We just weren\u2019t sure if the time was right. Please, Juliette, it\u2019s the New Year. Don\u2019t be mad at us, we just weren\u2019t sure what to do\u2026\u201d Bee\u2019s voice trailed off as she saw my expression.<\/p>\n

My expression must have been very severe, because Bee sent me a petrified look. Flicking away my tiny little piece of guilt at petrifying Bee, I glared at Mandy and Bee. \u201cWe promised to share all of secrets with each other. I wasn\u2019t lying when I promised that I had shared all my secrets that night, and now I realize that you guys were lying to my face? The biggest secret of all?\u201d I seethed, rage settling in. I stomped out of Mandy\u2019s room, even though a tiny part of me felt guilty for being so unfair.<\/p>\n

As I left Mandy\u2019s house, I heard Mandy shout after me, \u201cJuliette! You promised you wouldn\u2019t let the matter spin out of control!\u201d Mandy was pleading now. \u201cJuliette! It was for the best!\u201d<\/p>\n

The door slammed behind me, and I stomped all the way home, angry with myself and with Mandy and Bee. As I stomped into my apartment, and slammed the door shut behind me, I realized that Mandy, Bee and I were going to have a sleepover, and all my stuff was still at Mandy\u2019s house. Whatever, I thought, as I plopped into bed, I\u2019ll work things out in the morning.<\/p>\n

At 8 o\u2019clock in the morning, my mom woke me up. \u201cJuliette!\u201d she shouted. \u201cYou gave me a heart attack! Why are you home this early? Weren\u2019t you girls going to have a sleepover?\u201d<\/p>\n

I rolled over in bed and stared at the ceiling. I knew I couldn\u2019t just say that we had had a fight. My mom would ask for more and more details until I was in tears. So instead, forgetting that I swore never to talk about fairies, I told my mom all about Mandy and Bee. I told her about how Mandy had lifted their television with sheer willpower, and how Mandy and Bee\u2019s parents are fairies, and they have fairy blood. Then, I told her that I just needed a break from them after they told me they were fairies. Surprisingly, my mom didn\u2019t ask for more details. She simply left the room.<\/p>\n

\u201cMom!\u201d I hollered after her, \u201cDon\u2019t tell anybody!\u201d<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t answer, and a few seconds later, I realized she was on her phone, text-messaging someone frantically.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

The next day, Mandy called me the whole day, but I ignored her calls. Finally, I picked up dejectedly.<\/p>\n

\u201cJuliette!\u201d screamed Mandy. \u201cMy mom just told me that your mother told her that she knew that my mother was a fairy! You promised! My mom is super mad at me, and she told me I would have to suffer the consequences of telling you about my true identity! My community is going to punish me! It\u2019s all your fault!\u201d<\/p>\n

I stared in shock at the phone in my hand.<\/p>\n

Mandy rolled on. \u201cYou violated our friendship, Juliette! Now everyone knows Bee and I violated the Fairy Code!\u201d Mandy slammed the phone down, hard.<\/p>\n

I ran down to my mom’s office. \u201cMom,\u201d I shouted. \u201cWhy did you tell Mandy\u2019s mother? Mandy\u2019s going to get punished now! This kind of information is top-secret!\u201d I screamed at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted Mandy\u2019s mother to know that it doesn\u2019t have to be secret between us. Why would Mandy get punished, darling?\u201d<\/p>\n

I was exasperated. \u201cMom! Fairies aren\u2019t supposed to tell other people that they\u2019re fairies! She\u2019s going to be punished by her community and it\u2019s all my fault!\u201d I wailed.<\/p>\n

\u201cPunished how?\u201d asked Mom.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no idea!\u201d I cried. \u201cBut Mandy says it\u2019s horrible and she\u2019s scared of it!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDarling,\u201d said my mom, laughing. \u201cMandy\u2019s mother is at the tippy top of the fairy community. She will definitely pull some strings to keep Mandy away from harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

I stared. \u201cDoes Mandy know that her mother has that much power?\u201d I asked, confused.<\/p>\n

\u201cDarling, of course Mandy knows. They set this whole thing up to see if you kept secrets well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHooray,\u201d I muttered. \u201cI just failed the test.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd even if this wasn\u2019t a setup, Mandy wouldn\u2019t be breaking the Fairy Code. Darling, you are part of the fairy community. I am a fairy, but Dad is not. You have some fairy blood running in your veins, but Dad and I never wanted to tell you, thinking there was no point. But you soon came to be friends with Mandy and Bee, and I realized that their parents are fairies. I had quite a nice chat with Mandy\u2019s parents this year. Mandy heard our conversation and convinced us to help her see if you were a good secret-keeper,\u201d Mom smiled. \u201cIt was quite clever of her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this was just an act?\u201d I asked, relieved.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course. Mandy and Bee aren\u2019t really mad at you.\u201d My phone rang, and I nearly jumped out of my skin.<\/p>\n

\u201cHi!\u201d chirped Mandy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found out,\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n

\u201cAm I an actress or not?\u201d Mandy asked proudly.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, dear. I\u2019m going to need a lie detector now,\u201d I laughed.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome over,\u201d Mandy said. \u201cYou can get punished with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

I gasped, not able to get the picture of torture out of my head.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe punishment is\u2026” Mandy giggled. \u201cEating the best chocolate-chip cookies ever!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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