𝒆𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒕.

𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦..

"How long have you been dating this boy Acura? And don't lie, I saw all the text messages." My mom asked.

It was Wednesday morning, and I was getting ready for school. Luckily, my father had already left for work but since my mom didn't trust me anymore she took my car keys too.

So she's dropping me off at school, and work from now on. It doesn't make sense to me because all she's going to do is constantly complain about all the money she's spending on gas, how she always has to take Vincent with us.

I don't think it'll go on for a month as she said but here we were.

We were about to get into the car so she could take me, she'd just given me my phone until the end of the day.

"Like a month," I told her.

Which isn't a complete lie. We've been dating for a month recently. If we count all the times we've gotten back and all it all together we've been together for almost two years.

Luckily I'd deleted all our messages from before this month.

"And you weren't going to tell me?" She unlocked the front door and we walked towards her white Camry in the driveway.

I just stayed silent as we got into the car.

"Acura, I know you heard me. So you just keep secrets from your mother like this now? I know you and this isn't something you would do. Are you on drugs?" She pulled out of the driveway after we both put on our seatbelts.

"No mom, I-I just, it's nothing serious." I sighed. I hate when she uses that line, if she knows me so well why do I hide things from her? Oh, yea.

"Nothing serious? When I was in high school and I had a boyfriend I couldn't tell my mom because the times were different. I want you to tell me things Acura," She began.

"I have a boyfriend mom," I said and she chuckled before hitting me in my chest.

"Don't use that tone of voice with me either. You always talk to me like that and I'm tired of it," Reaching into my pocket I put my AirPods in my ear and hit shuffle on my playlist, turning up the music loud enough to where I could only answer questions with a simple yes or no.

That's how the next thirty minutes went on, her lecturing me about what having a boyfriend means. Telling me a hundred times that if I have sex even though she really doesn't want me to, to always use condoms.

With her, it's always an endless lecture. I can say one thing and it turns into an entire life lesson about these things I do wrong, and how I need to fix this and that.

That's why I don't talk to her. Because I can say something in confidence to her and she will twist it around and use it against me.

'Remember that conversation we had Acura? So don't do that and I won't yell at you. It's your own fault.' When the conversation is her doing all the talking and me never getting a word in.

"Be outside on time, and have a good day," She told me as she pulled in front of the school.

I grabbed my backpack and closed the door behind me after muttering okay.

"Finally some peace and quiet," I mumbled walking up the steps.

After a short walk, I sat at my and my friend's lunch table, putting my head down and I sighed.

"Acura," Caylin called and I raised my head looking at her. "Are you dating Adonis again?"

So much for peace and quiet.

I tried to find the words but I guess they didn't leave my mouth fast enough because she rolled her eyes, Narri and Semira having the same expression Caylin wore.