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Addison Hart had mastered the art of being invisible. At sixteen years old, she spent most of her days tucked into the back corner of classrooms, hoping no one would notice the way her hands shook when she was called on or how she constantly tugged at her sleeves.

 Right now, she sat at the far end of chemistry class, pretending to copy notes while secretly watching Noah Carter—the most popular guy at Cedar Falls High. He sat three lab tables away, laughing with his friends as sunlight spilled through the classroom windows and caught the messy brown hair that somehow always looked perfect.

 Everyone knew Noah. He was captain of the soccer team, dating the cheer captain, Megan, and seemed to float through life with effortless confidence. 

Addison, meanwhile, was the girl people forgot to include in group projects, who somehow could manage to blur herself out from groups and just people in general. 

The girl who couldn't even imagine Noah knowing her name. When the final bell rang, she hurried home, dropped her backpack onto her bedroom floor, and collapsed onto her bed. 

Like every afternoon, she opened Instagram and began scrolling through endless photos of perfect faces and perfect lives.

 But then a strange advertisement appeared between posts. The screen flickered for a moment before displaying a black background with glowing silver letters: FACEFIX: Edit More Than Just Your Appearance. 

Beneath it was a single message: What if you could become the person everyone notices? 

For a second, it sounded super convincing. 

Could she actually change her appearance? Maybe things could finally go her way.

As she stared into the bright screen, her fingers shook as they pressed on the Download button.

She expected some sort of flash, a mark that would show that her life would be blantly changed forever, but instead, a small pop-up appeared on her screen, signalling the download was complete.

As she opened the app, it looked just like a normal photo editing app would look. Instead, it asked her to take a photo.

Hesitant at first, she did, and a small editing menu popped up below, with the same single message: What if you could become the person everyone notices? 

Slowly, Addison used the editing brush to remove all her pimples and acne. 

She stared back at the girl on the screen, skin perfect and glowing.

Addison put her hand to her face and, surprisingly, felt no bump.

As she hurriedly rushed to look at the mirror, her skin was completely acne-free.

“No way,” she exclaimed. 

Addison’s skin had always been one of her insecurities, and the fact that it all cleared overnight was bizarre for eher.

“I wonder if this can change my other features too,” she wondered.