"...I don't know why I run away..."
It'd been almost a year since he'd practically gone ghost on her and she'd almost forgotten what had happened between them until a map is discovered in the out of bounds stairwell on the first day of term which dr...
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~Episode One:Map Bitch~
When Joey got home from school her parents were waiting for her in the living room, sitting together on the couch looking serious. Her mum, Akira, lifted her head as soon as she stepped into the room while her dad, David, kept his eyes on the coffee table in front of him.
"Mum, dad, you're both home early," she noted, glancing over at the clock on the wall; normally they'd be at work for another few hours after she got home from school.
"I got an interesting phone call from your school today," her dad spoke up, looking up but he still didn't look at her. He shifted his gaze to the wall just behind her shoulder giving his eyes a strange, unfocused effect, "Come sit down,"
Joey sighed heavily as she dropped her bag down onto the floor beside the armchair and sat down in it. The atmosphere was incredibly awkward as she watched her dad struggle to find what to say while avoiding her eye, keeping his gaze on her left shoulder.
Akira cleared her throat, "Your teacher told us that your name has been written on a 'Sex Map' in one of the stairwells." She told her and Joey grimaced, "So I, sorry, we thought it'd be a good idea if we sat you down for a little chat about keeping yourself safe."
Joey held her head in her hands, "Mum, please, no." She groaned, "we don't need to have the sex talk again."
"I disagree," the older woman argued, "If you're sexually active I need to know you're being clever about it; using protection, not letting boys pressure you, keeping your face out of...photos or videos..."
David seemed just as comfortable with this conversation as Joey herself. He had completely looked away, turning his head to look at the far wall as if the conversation physically pained him.
"Mum!" Joey exclaimed in disgust, her cheeks flushed pink, "I really don't want to talk about this!" She grabbed her bag and stood up.
"Just make sure you always use a condom, teenage boys can't be trusted!" The woman called after her as she rushed out of the room and upstairs to her bedroom, slamming the door behind her.
Later that night after an excruciatingly awkward dinner, Joey was lying in bed reading a book about astrology when her phone began to vibrate on her desk interrupting the music playing on her Bluetooth speaker. She slid her bookmark back into place and stood up to grab it.
Dick-Destroyer Darren🌼 is calling...
She pressed answer and held the phone up to her ear as she sat on her desk, "My darling Darren, to what do I owe the pleasure?"
"Hi Joey," came Darren's voice, sounding a little less upbeat than their usual self, "Bobby's being a dickhead again and mum asked me to leave, can I come stay round yours tonight?"
