doll heads

Erin Gresham

"So what are you studying for?" She took a huge bite into her corndog.

We walked up the stairs, then opened the glass doors that belong to the school's library. We took a seat, and I pulled out my folder that was filled with papers from every  subject and elective I have had this school year. My poor folder was falling apart on me. I had papers in there since the begging of the school year.

"Nice folder" Meredith joked

"Ha-ha I know its a mess. I can't wait to throw this thing away."

"You don't save some of your papers?"

"Yea sometimes. Only the ones I think I'll really need, but I'm trying to study for this gym final, and art final. I have to take those early."

"How come?"

"Won't be here on the last day of school. My mom is going out of town. While she's in Atlanta I'm going to be at my grandma house with her and my brother." the thought of being at my grandma's house while my mom was out of town made me mad. I love my grandma, and I love my brother, but the thing I hated about going over there was the smell of weed, that my brother and his girlfriend smoked.

"You don't sound to happy about it."

"Its not that I don't love my grandma or my brother but I would rather be with my mom in Atlanta. She's not going down there for a job meeting or what ever. She's going down their  with her girlfriends."

Saying that caused a groan to escape Meredith's lips. "What?"

She shrugged. "I really don't like it when people talk about there parents."

"Oh," I felt bad. Her parents probably died. "I'm sorry, but when did they die?"

She laughed, and stomped her feet. The librarian looked over at us as well as two other people who were standing in front of her desk trying to check out books. "No, no they're still here...I just don't like them that is all."

Nodding my head I said, "Oh." I wanted to know why but considering that we just met and that we are kind of strangers to each other I did not say anything.

"Yea..."

It got quiet for a moment, and I did not know what to say so I flipped open my folder, and pulled out the papers I needed to study for gym. I had to know the muscle groups of the body, and a whole other bunch of shiz that I could care less about, but hey I had to unless I wanted to fail gym.

Meredith

"I'm home!" I yelled as I slammed the door carelessly.

Loud music could be heard from upstairs followed by some banging noises.

Max. It was probably upstairs listening to rap music or something while he was upstairs smoking cannabis. Not really caring about his doings I headed straight into the kitchen then into the freezer to get a popsicle. I searched through the whole popsicle box until I could find a grape one. Most people I knew well use to know hated grape flavored things, but I loved them.

My phone vibrated. It was a text from my mom.

Mom

Won't be home until late at night. Taking extra hours. Tell dad to cook dinner for you guys !

Me

Why!!!! Why can't you come home! You've been taking extra hours every since we moved out here is it because of me! I'm sorry mom that I'm not perfect but please come home! You and dad are hardly ever here!