Too Young

Too Young Chapter 13

Too Young

Chapter 13

Amy:
I didn't go strait home after leaving Matt's. I decided to go get ice cream. I knew I probably wouldn't want to eat dinner if I did that, but I didn't care. I felt so bad for Matt. He looked so sad when talking of his mom. It took everything in me not to ask him why he didn't see his stepmother as a mom. She was the only thing that he ever had. She seemed nice enough to me. But that was before everything happened.
When I got home Mom was waiting for me. She could immediately see that I was upset. "Oh no. I take it you went for ice cream?"
"Yes. Sorry."
We went up to my room and she closed my door. We sat on my bed together. I started to cry. She pulled me into a tight embrace. "It's alright, baby."
I cried for a good while, then finally pulled away from her. "Mom, if Daddy had to raise us, would you have wanted us to think of Lou as our mom?"
Mom looked surprised at my question, but answered without wanting to know why I was asking. "I would hope you already do think of her as a mother to you. You think of Peter as a father. There is nothing wrong with having two sets of parents."
I knew that my mom was right, which made me want to know even more why Matt felt the way that he did about Carolynn. I thought about asking Hannah. I was sure that she would know. But then after thinking about it, I realized that if it was really personal there would be no way that she would tell me. And, I didn't want to loose either of them as friends. So, I decided that I just needed to leave things alone, and if he wanted me to know, he'd tell me. I just couldn't imagine not having Lou. Mom was right. Because, I did think of her just like mom. I was with she and Dad when I started my period and she made me feel so good. She was awesome.
After dinner we all went out for ice cream. Obviously, Mom didn't tell Peter about my ice cream trip earlier that day, because if he had known, we wouldn't have gone at all. I caught Mom smiling at me when I ordered my large cone. Peter tried to tell me not to get it but I wanted it. He didn't like it when I ordered anything like that. He thought I was overdoing it. I just really love my food when I'm upset about anything. And, by the way, I enjoyed my large cone.
When we got home I went up to bed. I was really worried about what my big mouth would SA to Hannah on Monday since Matt wouldn't be at school. Because, the more I thought about it, the more I knew that I would be tempted to say something to Hannah about Matt and Carolynn. I tried to read for a while before going to bed. I wanted to try to go to bed, thinking about something other than Matthew Anderson.