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An unexpected visit

I woke up to a large bang, I saw my parents standing in front of my bed shouting at me to wake up. I sat up and they said "care to explain this," with Kyla's box of chocolates in my dad's hands. I said that they were Kyla's and that she had a boy over and they said don't lie we saw this peek out from under your bed and Kyla wouldn't do such a thing! Mum said "get up now and start your chores." It was a Saturday so I had no school, I started off by cleaning the bathroom, then I went outside and mowed the lawn which took an hour! My parents called me inside around 2:00pm. They told me to walk to the shop and get some shopping for them, I would count myself as their slave now.

As I walked to the shop I saw Amber and her friends, they were sitting on a bench eating ice cream. I started walking faster so they wouldn't see me but they did. They shouted over the street at me and said "oh look it's Madison, bet you she is going to the chipper hahaha." I put my hood up and walked away. When I got to the shop I got a notification on my phone. I took my wrecked phone out of my pocket to see what my mum sent me. She messaged me saying that she counted all the money she gave me and if I bought something for myself she would know. I messaged her back saying okay.

The shop wasn't that busy so I got a basket and went around the shop looking for the items my parents had asked for. I walked up to the fridge section to get the milk and butter, an old lady started staring at me and I looked slowly at her and it was my grandma. I haven't seen my grandma in months because my parents found out that she was comforting me about my weight. She is the only person apart from James who cared about me. I said hello to her and she said "Madison I thought it was you, you look so familiar." I gave her a hug and asked how she had been. She said that she was doing alright and that she hasn't been herself around others, she said she would always be thinking of me. Grandma asked me how things were at home or if they had changed and I said no it's just gotten worse to be honest grandma." "Oh no, that's not good Madi," grandma said sadly. We slowly walked around the shop getting our items and talking at the same time. We slowly got to the till and we said goodbye to each other. I payed for my shopping and it costed £14, I put the shopping in a plastic bag I had on me. 

I waved to my grandma and left the shop and walked home. I used my key to open the house door but no one was home. I sorted the stuff out on the kitchen counter and left my mum's change next to it. I fed Christopher (my cat) then went to my room to write in my journal since no one was at home, I wrote down my feelings and what I did..

10 minutes after I heard someone ringing the doorbell, I went to check who it was and it was grandma. I asked what she was doing here and that if she was seen here I would get in trouble but she didn't care, all she wanted was to spend time with me, so I agreed with her and we walked around the neighbourhood together with my arm wrapped in hers to help her walk. "Your dad needs to start caring for you again or else I will be having a word with him since he should listen to me because I am his mother." I said thank you grandma put he gets angry very easily so don't go to hard on him please. She said ok. We walked home together and my dad waited inside for me.

I let grandma into the house before me, my dad got up and said "Mum what are you doing here and why is Madison with you! You are not allowed to see her." Dad said angrily. "I am allowed to see my granddaughter and you don't tell me what to do, I am your mother and you  will listen to me Sammy(my dad's name)! Stop treating your daughter badly, you should have more sense than this, her weight doesn't affect you or Belinda(my mum)!" "Sorry mum but she needs to learn if she wants to stop getting bullied at school she has to lose weight." Said dad. "She can do what she wants Sammy, she is 15 years old and you need to accept her, if you gave her support she would actually listen to you." Grandma said calmly. "NO MUM, I don't need a lecture, you can leave now." As I watched their conversation I could feel tension in the room so I stopped them and said can you not argue, it upsets me and dad I love you but you can't care for me enough, neither can mum.

"Madi, I found your journal in your room and I think it's best for you to go to see someone about it. It is getting out of hand, you write crap about others and you start the arguments.. Your mum is at work but we both agree you should go to a therapist." dad said in a low voice. I don't need a therapist dad, if you would just talk to me we could sort this out together, I said. I saw grandma slowly walk to the door saying that she better go, I saw tears on her face. Dad you have upset grandma you can see her crying, apologise to her! Dad just stared at the ground and said nothing. 

I started to tear up so I snatched my journal off my dad and ran to my room crying. I opened my journal and ripped all the pages inside. I started writing on a new page saying that I maybe should lose weight so that I wouldn't cause any more arguments, that's how much doubt I had in myself. I said I would only eat an apple a day and nothing else, I also said no more fizzy drinks or juices, water just water. After I wrote that I slammed my journal shut and threw it in my cupboard..