It was in the middle of class while the teacher was talking about grammar. Millie couldn't get her mind off of what Caleb said the night before. He never said much about his family other than having 4 sisters.
Eventually the class got let out, everyone stormed out of the classroom.
"Everything okay Ms. Blackwell?" Mrs. Patterson asked. "Yes, it's just some stuff going on." Millie packed away her things. "Have a good day." Mrs. Patterson said as Millie left the classroom.
Millie walked out the classroom as she saw a black figure follow from behind her.
"Millie?" Caleb said. "Look, it's fine. I fucked up and i'll give you space." She walked past. "No, we need to talk about it." He insists. "Go then!" Millie gets aggravated. "Growing up my father was never there, although he still put food on the table and gave us money to afford things. When I was 7, he left our family. He had began one with some white woman. He left my mom with 4 children and pregnant with my baby sister. I still have so much resentment. I saw him before he left and he told me. "I promise i'm coming back." So when you broke that it really hurt. No one in my family ever made promises to me knowing the backstory, and i'm not blaming you." Caleb says. "I had no idea, I grew up in such a structured house hold I feel like I don't ever thing how other people have it. Millie replies. "How is your home?" He asks. "I have both parents, no siblings. My mom is a housewife and my dad works, 24/7. And all those "extra" hours. He's been with other women, but she doesn't leave him so she can keep us supported. I have amazing grandparents who make the best food but sometimes I wish I could have a normal family. A mom and dad who both works, siblings to pick me up from my first day. Or a big sister to help me with my first period. Someone to lean on in the backseat of the car on road tips to Florida." Millie spurs out. "We both have things we want from other places but we have to be comfortable and accepting with what we have." Caleb says. "Your right." She gives him a smile and they tightly hug.
LATER THAT DAY
"COURT💋" :"Come now! It's urgent." Courtney texted Emma. "Ok ok! I'm coming." Emma replied.
Emma rushed to the house on campus Courtney was living in. She ran up the stairs into her pink & white bedroom.
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"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!" Courtney yelled.
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"What the- who sent you this?" Emma grabbed the paper. "That's what i'm trying to figure out, I think someone saw us in the bathroom. We didn't even check the stalls!" Courtney panicked. "Courtney it's gonna be okay!-" Emma responded. "It's not! If my family finds about this my life is ruined and my whole life here." Courtney started to cry. "I'm gonna take a picture and show people to see if this is familiar.." Emma took a picture. "It's like someone just has to be so secret they took these letters out a magazine, how crazy do you have to be?". Courtney sat on the bed. "It's going to be okay, I got you." Emma sat next to Courtney and hugged her.
DARIA'S DORM ROOM
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"So! Do you have any crazy symptoms yet?" Millie ate potato chips. "Not really, just pretty hungry." Daria snatched the chips out Millie's hand and started eating. "I was eat- never mind." Millie stopped. "Are you going to tell Cam soon?" Millie asked. "Just give me some time okay. Plus i haven't even had time to see him since he's been showing this new boy around." Daria sighs. "Oh yeah! Ryan. I have to check on him." Millie remembered.
DING: Em🎀: "Hey, have you seen this anywhere? Share it around please." Emma sent the picture of the note. "No?? I'm with Daria i'll show her." Millie responded.
"Have you seen this before?" Millie asked Daria. "Hmm, the letters look familiar. Wait! Those letters are from the school newspaper. Why?" Daria said. "I don't know i'm gonna ask." Millie grabbed her phone again.
"Daria has seen the letters from the school newspaper? What do you need to know for?" Millie texted Emma. "Someone out this under Courtney's door, we have no idea what this is about. But thank you." Emma responded.
"Apparently someone put this under Courtney's door... why is Emma even with Courtney?" Millie questioned. "Eh, why am i pregnant at 18?! Guess we'll never know." Daria had a out burst. "Omg i'm getting excited, your baby shower and then all the birthday parties!" Millie smiled. "It's a lot more than that, I still want to do college but I don't know if it's gonna work out." Daria stressed. "It's gonna be okay, I promise." Millie smirked.
Little did she know, it was going to be everything but ok.
