Maybe I was some kind of pervert but she had me fascinated.
This ginger haired young lady was the most stunning I have ever seen. There have been one or two a little like her, but to this day decades later I remember her quite clearly, even her unfortunate name. I can still see her standing in the school yard aged 17. An absolute standout.

I don't think I have ever seen anyone thinner this side of an anorexia case. The bodice of her dress hung down in a loose fold without even the hint of a pair of saucepan lids beneath. Behind and to the sides the dress fell in a straight line from neckline to hem, it might have been on a hanger in a wardrobe for all the evidence of a body beneath it.

Above the neckline it looked as if her chin had slipped two inches and given her a projection at the front of her throat. The lack of chin was compensated for by buck teeth that a squirrel might have found attractive. Her hawk nose was covered in great freckles and it was all topped off with the reddest hair I have ever seen. Ginger stick? She fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. Then she climbed back up and fell again. Twice more. My teenage self was fascinated. At times I could hardly keep my eyes off her. She was like a horror flick on legs. She gave the hots - almost.

I'm sure she was a very nice girl. She'd have to be with the awful hand that she'd been dealt, poor kid. Maybe she filled out a little and had enough sense to stay out of the sun later but I wasn't around to see it.

EDIT This is a shite post but she popped into my head this morning for no reason then I saw the QOTW was gingers. Coincidence?
(Redemption blamed it on the Bossa Nova since, Sat 27 Feb 2010, 3:36, Reply)