Prompt: 091. April 1st
1. Born on April 1st, it was as though his entire life was one big joke.
A. Born on April 1st, it was as though his entire life was one big joke. At least, that’s how his family seemed to take it.
When he was five years old he realized that he was actually a boy. It was something he kept quiet for the next thirteen years. Dressing in girls clothes, he would swallow down his desire for action figures, dungarees, and a male name. From a very young age, he knew better than to say what he truly wanted.
His family was not the sort that would approve.
2. He made it all the way to school before remembering that it was April 1st. By then his hand was already glued to the lock on his locker.
A. He made it all the way to school before remembering that it was April 1st. By then his hand was already glued to the lock on his locker.
Standing in the hallway with the other kids streaming around him, nobody knowing his plight, he closed his eyes and thumped his head a couple of times against the front of the locker. He should have known his bullies weren’t going to give him a day off, especially not April Fools Day.
I’m the fool for thinking I could have a good day for once, he thought. He should have known that things were going too well for him. Nothing good ever lasted.
3. There was an odd delight in teaching the young child about April Fools Day pranks, harmless little things that made him laugh.
A. There was an odd delight in teaching the young child about April Fools Day pranks, harmless little things that made him laugh gleefully and clap his hands. He was barely old enough to begin understanding the idea of jokes, but he already loved them.
Standing on her thighs, dressed in his cartoon print pajamas, he was the most adorable thing she’d ever seen. “You’re amazing,” she said, smiling into his face.
“I know,” he said.
“You’re a little cheeky though,” she said, narrowing her eyes at him.
He grinned and slapped his own butt. “I’ve got two pairs!”
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