The green of the mask surrounding her brown eyes made her think of a forest.
Eve got the mask from Winston in school that Monday morning, and that night she took it out of the front pocket of her backpack where it had lain tucked away all day. She slipped it on her face, and texted him a selfie of her wearing it.
I’m never taking it off, she wrote to him.
lol awesome, he wrote back. And then a minute later, more words popped up: I know what it’s like to want to hide, too, trust me. thats how i spent like all of elementary school
She didn’t know how to respond so she texted back a smiley face emoji.
But Eve wasn’t hiding. She was fighting back.