Fairy Tail High School: Itazura na Kiss (A Gruvia Story)

Parenting

Chapter 13: Parenting 

Sorry its has been awhile, Im cleared to join society again. Quarantine had me writing every day. I may post less frequently now that I'm back to school. At minimum once a week.

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The final midterm grades came out this weekend, so all of our parents and guardians were given a copy of our scores in the mail.

Even though my older brother, Gajeel, isn't technically my parent, he sure acts like he is. I got an strongly worded and intensely thorough text on my phone from my brother. In the most polite way to shorted it out, he basically said I need to work harder in school.

It's not like I'm not passing, I am. However my highest grade was a C, well a C plus. Honestly, it would have been higher if it wasn't for the whole Baby Project fiasco. The rest of my grades in other classes were hanging by a thread.

Sure I won the Scholastic Decathlon with Gray, but it didn't actually do anything for my grade. I didn't even get much of a prize for it, but that's a different argument complaint that I am not really in the mood to discuss.

Miss Strauss said we needed to prep for college soon, and she wanted to chat with us later this month about our plans for the future. Which is very kind of her, most teachers don't care as much as Miss Strauss does.

Unfortunately for me, I had no plan, no career route I wanted to go into and little chance to even get accepted to a school. Ever since Gajeel started his GED testing prep, he has been on a mission. In my opinion, I think it's his way of trying to set a good example for me and try to lead me to a better route in life.

I wasn't entirely sure I was good at anything. It worried me a bit because in the past I always thought I had more time, but the longer I put it off, the closer the deadline gets. It's all very nerve racking.

Ultear and I have not made up after our argument. It's been a few weeks and I haven't even seen or heard from her. The friendship between us seems too strained to be fixed at this point. I am really thankful that Ur and Silver are okay with me staying in their house hold until graduation, I wouldn't have anywhere else to go.

I looked around the Library. Everyone around me was feeling the pressure of Senior Year. The public library where Levy worked was crammed.

My mind is full of a million different issues at once. I could not fathom how everyone is just able to focus on their task and read books that don't have a good story in them. There is not a chance in the world that I can keep my attention span focused that long, especially when I have better things to do.

However, all the students are packed in shoulder to shoulder at each desk with their noses in a book and dozens more at their sides.

My brother was one of them. He was studying right next to me with a stack of recommendation books from Levy. I'm really proud that he is trying to better himself, deep down I know it bothered him that he didn't have a degree. His job at the metal recycling center didn't pay him much, I know there's so much more he can do for himself out there if he had the opportunities.

My concentration was not particularly focused on the book in my hand, although I know I should be studying. I couldn't look away from My Gray. He was on the other side of the library, Daphne in the seat next to him. I wasn't exactly thrilled about that. I would much rather be sitting next to him than my brother. I wasn't too sad about the seating arrangement, Gray didn't pay any mind to Daphne anyways. He was so entranced by the book in his hands. It was almost like he was in his own little world, the outside world around him didn't even matter to him. His eyes never broke from the concentration. I could never imagine how a science textbook could be that interesting to anyone, but even Gray made it seem like it was an interesting topic.