Chapter 18

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2 pm

Sorry, I didn't write. About the teacher, she was so nice, but at what cost? Turns out she looked approximately the same as Darius's rapist, and with him remembering all the stuff that happened, he fainted when she introduced herself. So the reason I didn't write was because we took him to the hospital, and I threw up in the ambulance 'cause of the freaking oily fries one of the workers brought for lunch. Poor Leia's cargo pants were so ruined, and she forgot to bring a change of pants :(. I'm writing this in the waiting room right now, there are so many people, it's unbelievable. PS: WE CAME HERE AT 11 AM AND IT'S 2 PM RIGHT NOW

4 pm

Ugh. Finally home and we got the results. So, turns out, he had a panic attack for like 5 minutes as they said and then he just lost it. Ugh. I'm looking at the hospital bill right now and...ugh. I guess the secretkeeping all came back because Leia had an idea. She said we could sneak the money from my parent's shared wallet, and boom. We have 2k. I know it's that much, but oh well, stealing money from my parents, it's just a normal thing compared to literally putting a random guy in her house.

UGH COUNT: 3

Okay, wish me luck, I am going to steal the money right now.

6 pm

Well, I guess I could say that could've gone better. She first asked me where I was (traditional mom language) and then I said that I went to the store with Leia. She was like "Is this my daughter, cause she still thinks Leia is at her past house.

-May you tell me where were you? -my mom asked me, I already knew I had a world of explaining to do.

-Calm down, I was at the store with Leia. -LOUD FALSE BUZZER. I said calm down to my mother. RIP Aria Smith.

-You do realize that was the worst lie of all time, right?

-Mom, I forgot to tell you. She moved to my school after her dad got a job here.

-Oh I know, her mother told me. And she also told me that Leia went home at the right time! -she said. -When will you finally tell me the truth?

Wait wait wait what? Leia was at the hospital with me. I know very well that me and Leia skipped the remaining classes to go to the hospital. Goddamn it, I'm so stupid. We had to go home from school at 3 pm and she went home at that time.

-Alright, fine, ground me.

-Not until you tell me where you were!

-I was at the store! -I said and I ran away.

Finally! Luckily, all my parent's money is in my closet.

6:30 pm

After a lot of searching, I finally found it. I feel so lucky my parents are millionaires and they won't notice 2k is missing from their wallet. Right now, I'll sneak out of the 2nd-floor window (I love Darius for teaching me how), and then I'll go to the hospital to pay the medical bill.

7 pm

How am I so lucky? When I climbed out of the window, my mom was waiting for me on the exact spot I was supposed to land. How nice. Now I can't leave the house at all, and Darius won't come to school tomorrow. Just my luck. What my brain can't seem to understand is how my mom was able to know I was about to climb out on THAT EXACT window of the 3 in my room. Anyway, going to read in my under-bed house, contemplating my life :).

11 pm

This feels so weird, I can't sleep. I was looking at pics of my ex for hours, and now I can't fall asleep because of his ugly face. I'm also terribly worried about Darius. What could he even do in that modern ass hospital, other than stare at the TV.

I'll try to sleep, with the thought that IT'S SUMMER TOMORROW.

June 1st-10 am

IT'S SUMMER EVERYONE!

Turns out, that thought makes you fall asleep. But the fact that I have to copy my 5 pages of new math homework from someone who I can read the handwriting of.

10:10 am

Luck is so on my side today. The math teacher had to go to some meeting, and the homework is due in like 2 days!!

Oh, no luck anymore.

11 am

Sorry, I just saw my ex. Okay, about the history teacher. She came up to me and she asked me if Darius's reaction was because of her. Yup, pretty much the whole school knows about this shit. I told her no, I said he was just tired. Okay, I'm sick of all this. So basically, I brought the 2k with me so that I could give it to Leia, and she could give it to the hospital. I'm a genius, I know.

-Leia, Leia! -I shouted after her in the hall. -Wait up!

-What's up, I have to get to class.

-Okay, I'll be quick.-I said and I handed her an old textbook of mine with a note on it: "Give this to the hospital"

-Heh? Why should I give a textbook to the hospital? -She asked.

-Open it, goddamn it!

-Not right now, I'll be late. -She said and she ran away.

Okay, I gotta go, I don't wanna be late.

2 pm

Class is finally over for today! Leia just texted me that she gave the money to the hospital, and Darius gets out tomorrow. I better get home before Mom seriously murders me.

2:30 pm

Ugh. The second I got home, Mom had to annoy me.

-Look at that, you came home like a normal child.

-Mom, for the hundredth time, I'm not a child, I'm 18 for God's sake!

-Too bad, you don't act like you're 18. -she said, at this point, I just wanted to tell her the whole situation. But the only problem is that if I were to tell her, then me and Darius would both become homeless, so no.

Well, what I did do was tell her she doesn't understand, even I don't understand at this point.

2:36 pm

Darius update. He's now allowed a phone, so I can call him now, but another problem is that he doesn't know a single shit about smartphones. I bet he's trying to call me now, but he just entered the settings app on that phone (which is a Samsung by the way, so he lives in total luxury)

5 pm

Sorry, I decided, with a lot of contemplation, to do my homework. The worst idea of my life was to start with that awful, demonic, just disgusting subject: math:(. Well yeah, after that was done, I got to the easiest shit in my life: English grammar. English homework was done in like 10 minutes, so now, all I have to do is wait for Darius to call me.

10 pm

Oh lord, I didn't notice the time. So basically, Mom just came in the room and she told me to put on something fancy because we were going to a real luxury dinner with Dad. I knew at that point why. Mom probably told Dad something was wrong with me. I guess, they wanted to get all stuff out of me. We left in Dad's Porche. In the car, everything was quiet, I was listening to Taylor Swift.

-Aria, would you mind taking your AirPods off? -Mom asked, but the only thing I heard was: absolutely nothing.

The rest of the trip went quietly for everyone, except me again, cause I was munching on my Doritos.

-Can you stop eating in the car with an elegant dress on, please? -Mom asked.

-Don't worry, I'll put a bib on for you. -I replied sarcastically, while I was still chewing.

At that moment, we arrived. We entered the restaurant, and it kinda looked like my school with all those chandeliers on the ceiling, including all the gold and silver decorations. I saw a table with our last name.

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