I'm eating dinner with them. Kinda awkward not gonna lie. "Shanice. The school down here is really nice. So many, sports and clubs.x
"And?"
"You'll like it there."
"But I don't want to go."
"I'm so tired of you not listening to me Shanice."
"That's your problem."
"Shanice!" Her husband looked up. "Upstairs."
"But-."
"Upstairs, Madison!" They left the table and went upstairs. What the fuck? I don't judge people relationships but shit. He came back down. "What just happened?"
"She needed to take her medication, she's not sane."
"Oh. She definitely knows she's not."
"Yeah she knows. She should be back soon."
"Okay." I continue to eat and she came back. "Hey um-."
"Your done?"
"Yeah."
*Let me take this for you. Do you want more?"
"No I'm fine." She grabbed my plate. "Um. I'll go to the school if you want me to." She stopped to look at me. "Okay." I wonder what kind of medicine it is. "You can go upstairs Peaches."
"Oh. Um okay." I get up from the table and went upstairs. God they're weird. I look at my phone. Ariana called. Damn I miss her. I call her back and waited. "Hey baby girl."
"Hey, you wanted something?"
"Just to know how you were doing."
"I'm fine I guess. I told my mom I would go to school here. We'll have to find time for each other."
"Why would you do that?"
"She's crazy. I feel like if something really goes wrong she'll snap. She already said she'll go insane without me."
"Are you safe there?"
"I guess. Her husband knows how to control her I guess but if it gets too weird I'll call you."
"Okay. You may need to call the police too."
"Yeah."
"Everyone's gonna miss you."
"I know but I'm doing this for my mom, she's actually really sweet if I'm not disrespecting her."
"Okay, well. I love you."
"I love you too."
"Be safe baby bye."
"Bye." I hang up. I sigh.
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I slept horribly. Something doesn't feel right. I'm missing something. My door opened. "Peaches." I turn around. "Good morning."
"Oh. Morning. Don't go downstairs for a couple of minutes okay?"
"Okay well I'm hungry."
"I'll bring you something."
"Okay." That's weird. What's going on downstairs? He came back. "Here you go."
"Thanks. What's going on downstairs?"
"Your mom.....threw up. She's mopping so we don't want you down there."
"Okay. Is she okay?"
"She's fine."
"Okay. Um well I'm allergic to oranges so can I get water instead."
"Oh. Shit. Sorry. Yeah I'll be back." My phone rang. "Hello?"
"Hey shawty."
"Hey. You aren't in school?"
"Of course not. I wanna see you. Would your parents allow you to come over or me to come over?"
"I don't know. Do you know how far I live from you?"
"Doesn't matter. Maybe you should just sneak out." My door opened. "Hold on."
"Here."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"Is mom done?"
"Almost. Why?"
"My friend wanted to come over."
"I'll ask your mom about that. Enjoy your breakfast." He walked out. "They are so weird. I swear. Let me tell you what happened last night."
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I've been in this room all day. My mom came in. "Hi sweetie."
"Hey. Can my friend come over? My girlfriend I should say."
"Why?"
"We miss each other. She's not staying I just want her around."
"I don't think we should have company right now sweetheart."
"Why?"
"That's none of your business."
"So what can I do? I'm bored. Can I look around the house?"
"No no no."
"To want me so bad you sure made it really fun to want to stay, thanks mom. I'm so happy to be here."
"Really?"
"No. I was being sarcastic. I hate living here, there's nothing to do, it's so boring, I'm going to a new school, my friends can't come over. I'm just like a baby basically, I do nothing but sit at the house and do absolutely nothing. Should've made it fun for me mom. I've always imagined having a mom that would do things with me like going shopping and getting our hair and nails done, picking out prom dresses and homecoming dresses. I had to do it with my grandma instead which wasn't fun because she had dementia. But it was something."
"Peaches you just got here."
"So? I feel trapped. I shouldn't. You obviously don't know how to be a mother." She stared at me. "You think you would be a better mother?"
"Yeah. Definitely. "
"Oh...Okay."
"I'm gonna take a walk." She was about to say something. "Go ahead baby."
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Feels nice to get some fresh air. Ariana called. "I'm on your street."
"Really? Where?"
"I just turned in it. What house?"
"I'm not at the house, I'm further down."
"Okay. You walking?x
"Yeah, you got your vape by the way?"
"Yeah. I got something better though."
"Weed?"
"Hell yeah."
"Oooh." She stopped beside me and I got in. "Finally let's get high."
"This is what I need. My mom is just, I don't know. She's a little slow."
"Probably them drugs she was on."
"Probably."
