When I Met You

Chapter Thirteen

       It's been about three months, since we've moved into this glorious house. It's all beautiful now! All decorated up. All the right pictures in the right places. Everything is in it's place. It definitely doesn't look like someone hoards boxes, anymore. Cleaned and organized. Just like I wanted it to be in the first place.

     The holidays have finally arrived! It is Christmas! If I may conclude that, this is my favorite time of the year! Usually when it was this time of the year, we would invite everyone over to our house, to celebrate with us. A family gathering, I would say. But the thing about this year, is that I don't know if we'll even have it here or not. One, no one really knows where Arkansas is, am I right? Two, wonder if they would all travel down here just for the holiday? Hopefully, we will, so I went to go hunt my mother down in this big house and ask her about it. I mean, I was really curious.

     I spotted her in the kitchen, cleaning down the granite counter tops from the dinner that we just had. I sat at the breakfast table and began to ask a million questions about the holidays, "Mom, are we having everybody here?" I asked.

" For what?"

"For the holidays. For Christmas."

" I don't know," she placed the rag on the counter, " I guess I haven't really thought about that, yet. Just been so focused on this house, honey. Still so much to take in all at one time. I mean, the only last resort is to call everyone and ask."

" What are we going to be doing?" I asked.

" If we have everyone here?"

"Yeah."

"Well, what we do every year."

"Oh' okay. Can I have some friends over?"

"What!"

"Yeah. Can I have some friends over? It's that clear. Would you like me to yell it?" I said, with a hint of attitude in my voice.

"Stop that attitude, Renee'!" my mom exclaimed.

"I'm asking you a question and you're not answering me."

"Honestly Renee', I don't know. I don't like the friends you hang out with at this school," she stepped out from behind the counter and stood in front of me, with her arms crossed over her chest, " I like the friends you had at the other school. I bet you those friends that you're talking about, they have their own families to be with for the holidays."

"So, you're saying that I can't even have a little party for my friends? A Christmas party?"

"I don't know. We'll see."

   

      I walked out of the kitchen with my old attitude running through my system. I don't know what it is, but ever since I've attended this new school, my mom has been nothing but a you know what! She's not letting me do whatever I want! I remember at my last school, she was always letting me do whatever I wanted to do. Well, that's how it seemed. Now, she's acting like she cares about my behavior and attitude all of a sudden.

    

      My school life here is very simple. The thing about it is that everyone seems to be rude. Not so friendly like my last school. But sometimes a wave of politeness seems to fly over them, and they show their niceness towards me. May be a bipolar effect! Or may be it's just that certain person that you come across. You know I really just miss my Cali friends, but there's no way I can see them. I can't lie, I miss Darrius, but for some reason, I guess I just got lazy enough to quit talking to him.

      There's this new guy that I'm with now. His name is Caleb. Very attractive, I may say. Okay, may be sexy! He's not your normal jock, either. He knows how to treat his girl, just right. He's not cocky either. I don't know, I believe that he's perfect. In my life, Darrius is just long gone, out of my life. I know that might sound bad, considering all the hell that me and him have been through, all the feelings that we've built up for each other. It's all vanished to me. It's all gone. Poof, magic! Gone! He doesn't even pass through my mind, he's just gone. It seems better that way, instead of always having to worry about him and where his feelings are with me and our long distance relationship.