Old School (ON HOLD)

Chapter 2: A bookstore, Prada Skirt and bottle of Scotch

After a dreadful day at school being called names, tripped in the hallways and light reading, Mindy and I finally headed home, well we headed to my house because we decided to have a sleepover tonight.

Dad's probably going to be working late again and mom will probably go on and on about how her facial products just don't work or that she needs to get new one's. It's always the same.

As Mindy and I were walking down the street to my house we saw a few posters and flyers next to our favourite coffee shop. I took one flyer and read it out loud: "Reader's Heaven! New bookstore opening on 55th street, opening on the 31st December. Come have a look and leave with a free gift after! You won't regret it"

Mindy just groaned and kept on walking; I on the other hand folded the flyer and took it home, I was definitely going to check this out.

"You know if you started reading more books, your grades would improve in LIT" I told her.

"That's true, but the way I see it, its just nah not worth my time. I could read multiple text messages, it wouldn't make a difference" I just laughed.

"Yeah sure because Mr. Aldum would understand phrases like 'tbh' and 'bae' or stuff like wait what's one of those one's you always use? Uhm 'ikr'. He wouldn't understand that. And he would flunk you."

She lifted her finger up to correct me but realised I was correct and just started laughing. "Okay yeah I remember that one time when I wrote 'fangirl' in my essay? That was terrible. I get your point I'll go with you but only once."

I nodded and heard her mumble something that sounded like she said that there better be food. Well that's just Mindy. We haven't even really payed attention to the road since we were now standing outside of my house.

"Uh Destiny? Is that one of your mom's Prada skirts on the lawn?" and she started laughing I joined in and went to pick up the skirt.

"Well it was Prada, her only Prada skirt, okay she was either drunk or the cake she ate made it 'shrink' whatever the case, it's not the first time and you know it."

She just nodded and continued laughing.

We went inside and I saw my mom sitting on the kitchen counter with an empty bottle of Scotch in her left-hand.

I took it from her, "mom, why?" and I motioned to the now empty bottle in my hand. I gave the bottle to Mindy and she chucked it in the garbage bin.

"I uhm, you are going to have to get a job Destiny, after school and on weekends. I got fired today. Ha, yeah me fired bet we all never saw that day coming."

I nodded. "There is a new bookstore opening about two blocks away from here and the opening is in five days I'll ask around and see if I can score anything, but why did you get fired?"

My mom just dryly laughed and said "that dickhead Erickson, he kept staring down my blouse and I got sick of it, it happens everyday so I decided to give him a piece of my mind, so I took him by his collar, told him to fuck of and punched him in the face, and you know what I found out? He was my fucking boss's son! HIS SON DESTINY. I lost my job. Just because some perverted asshole had to be my boss' son."

"Mom, its okay, honestly we'll be fine, I suggest you get your résumé' out there again and start looking for a new job, without perverted assholes-"

"No swearing destiny!" mom and dad could swear but when I wanted to they just cut me off.

"Okay, okay anyway, then you try and get a new job, dad still has his job he's a lawyer and well I'll go look for a job at the bookstore okay?" my mom just nodded and started swaying back and forth on the kitchen counter.

"Uh Mindy? Go upstairs so long I'm just going to get my mom settled in" Mindy nodded understandingly and I took a hold of mom's hand and slung it over my shoulder as we headed upstairs to her room.

I laid her down on the bed and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"Destiny?"
"Yeah mom?" I sat down next to her and took her strawberry blonde hair out of her face. "You are the best daughter anyone could have, I know I never say it but it's true."

My eyes started getting watery but I just nodded and pulled the covers over her and went to my room.
Mindy was sitting on my bed and typed away furiously on her iPhone. How did I not see that coming?

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