Skin

My lips are white. Sixteen-year-old Sep stares into the bathroom mirror on the first day of school. Its not some weird lipstick she never wears lipstick, she didnt bump her lips or chew on ice. Her lips are justwhite. In a panic, she digs up an old lipstick and smears it on her colorless lips. But soon, more and more white spots begin to bloom, spreading their chalky tendrils across her olive brown skin. Does she have a disease? Is she turning into some kind of freak? Sep is usually the one who knows all the answers. With a quicksilver mind and a supple body, shes happiest when shes delving into the mysteries of animal biology or giving herself