War of our Time

Chapter 4: What do I not do?

I biked to the house blowing out a sigh of relief to see my mom there. As expected, Chad was there too. Whoopdedo! I was trying to avoid by swiftly going to my room when Chad abruptly yells, "Hey Violet! Aren't you going to say hi to your mother?" Blowing out an exhale of frustration I slowly turned to her and said, "Hi Mom." " Hi Violet how was testing today? she said. "Oh fine, well I mean it's testing so what's to expect. " I said. She looks away like she's highly bored, and uninterested. She says, " I'm going out to the club tonight, and Chad is going with his mom. How Sweet." "Like Honey, Baby," He says. Ew

Sure, " with his mom". He's probably going to be with that side girl skank, Vanessa. Pfft! not my problem. "Just go with Adam tonight, okay honey," she said. I just went to my room not answering. How dare she just push me aside like her has been.  Oh well. I video chatted with Adam. When he popped on my laptop screen, I said , "Hey." "Hey  Violet are you okay." "Yeah I'm fine." He gives me a doubtful look.  "Okay fine, my mom is going with her girls and Chad is going to do some cheating."

"Oh", he said.  "I'm feeling hurt , and like I'm her has been." I told him. "Violet listen to me, you are a strong brave girl, and you have been taking responsibility since Sophomore year. Your mom has been blindsided from your father's death for a long time making her turn towards stuff that she thinks will fill a gap  in her heart. She might not know it but she still loves you . She just needs a wake up call. Chad should take responsibility and tell her." Adam says.

" Adam that was beautiful." Violet says.  "Come over. " he said. "Okay."

When I got to Adam's house he opened the door, and gave me a hug. "I'm stressing." I told him. "Do you know what will make you feel better? A night with the boys at the Hut." "Oh Adam, you're a genius!

A few minutes later, Tom , Sam, and Nathan (Sam's older brother) picks us up. The Hut is our number one hangout place where we eat wings, play card games, and listen to performances by local bands.  We walk by North Peachtree Street to go to the underground railway system. When we were on the way to Five Points on the Marta, Nathan tells us, "I'm going to get a girl's number today." Nathan said. "In one night, as if." Sam says.  Nathan rolls his eyes as the automatic doors open. We go up the other escalator and walk two blocks.

When we got there was about ten people there. The waitress says, "Hey guys ." She gives us our usual order. Meanwhile, Sam noticed Nathan staring at a girl in the other direction of the room. "Well you can't get a number from the sky or something, Go on!" Nathan gives him a look, and goes over by where she is sitting, alone good for him. While they start talking , I tell the guys what happened to my mom today.

"Not to mention I have to work tomorrow." I said. "Damn that sucks," Tom said. "Not to change the subject, but that battle though," Adam said.  "I know right. " Tom says. "For shame Ms. Pritchard , for shame!" Sam said. "They knocked out Janet in the leg." Adam said. "Oh don't mention it." I said. I sipped at my Shirley Temple and look at Nathan and that girl. He looks so happy . The band, Car Trouble, my personal favorite, begins to play. That girl shakes his hand, gives him a slip of paper, and waves at Nathan as he walks toward us. He was waving that number like a victory flag. "Dude that girl is so awesome. She's a History major. I like her. " "Never thought you would do that, you'll thank me later." Sam said. Our order came, and we dug in. My night was great .

When I got home it was 10:30. My mom is not home. She probably got drunk. I personally think it's stupid because she has work tomorrow you know! Well I know one thing, that Vanessa figure Chad was with tonight probably won't get a whole lot of sleep either if you know what I mean. I had to finish laundry and iron my uniform. I work at Daisy's old fashioned diner. My boss loves me , and so do customers.  I only work for the weekend. I get $9.50 an hour plus about $20 bucks in tips if it's a good day.

After work, I go to Adam's to do some homework. Jim is there again. What a surprise! "Guess who's here," Adam says. "Ugh Jim. Why am I not surprised." I said.  We roll our eyes in unison. I go up to his room. "So how was work?" He asked. " Good. I got 65 bucks today." I said. He was impressed. We did our homework, and planned out some ideas for battles. Tom called via video chat.  "Hey guys word on the street is that she has the cafeteria ladies on her side." "How?" I asked. "One word, Brainwashing" "Like a Nazi." Adam said. " Yup I know what's coming. Guess we can't eat in the cafeteria for awhile, so we don't get food poisoned." I said. " Good idea. Spread the word so we don't lose troops."

Great another thing to worry about. Good thing  I'm used to it. The question is : What do I not do?