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Chapter Seven
Summer was gone and so were my chances of getting tanned.
Lau and I had postponed going to the pool, alleging lack of time. Truth was, we did have time, who doesn’t in summer? We were just lazy girls that preferred staying home, watching Friends re-runs.
I sighed, staring at my paleness in the mirror. I knew I should have gone to the pool. In my defense, Lau was great when it came to persuading people.
After the fiasco in Evan’s house, we had come home next day. It took us hours to get here since Jason and Shane had to stop a few times to puke. Yes, their hangovers were that bad. Speaking of puke, I wondered if Jason actually cleaned up his at Evan’s spare room. Well, if he didn’t, my dear boyfriend was going to have a surprise pretty soon.
“Jules! You’re going to be late!” Mom shouted from downstairs. I groaned, grabbing my bag.
Lazily, I walked downstairs. Mom was waiting for me at the living room. She was wearing a white blouse and a black skirt. She was holding her coat in her left hand.
“Good morning,” I said, knowing she had just arrived from her duty at the hospital. She kissed my cheek.
“What’s with the face?” she asked, eyeing me carefully.
“I can’t believe summer’s over.” I wailed, blowing out a hair off my face.
Mom shook her head disapprovingly “I really don’t know where you got that laziness from. Sure it wasn’t from me.”
I pouted, “Can you call the principal and tell her I am sick?” I gave her my best puppy eye look.
She folded her arms across her chest, “No. I’m not lying for you.”
“Mom!” I whined with a stomp of my foot.
“You are senior now. Stop being so childish and let’s go,” She ordered, pushing me towards the door.
“The principal likes you since that day you gave her a free consult at the hospital. I’m sure she won’t mind.” I reasoned.
“It’s your first day. Brighten up,” she encouraged.
“How can I? I have to get 3 math credits this year.” I complained, stepping into the porch. “I don’t know if you remember but I suck at Math,”
“You’ll be fine.” Mom locked our door and headed to her car, “Come on, have a little faith.”
“Says the woman who only got A’s in high school.”
Mom sighed, “You’re a smart girl. You’re just lazy, honey. I’m sure you’ll be fine with Pre-Calculus, Statistics and Trigonometry.”
“Trigo-what?”
“Just get in the car, Jules.” Mom demanded, getting inside the car. Reluctantly, I did as I was told.
Senior year here we come.
**
I was staring hard at the white board in front of me. The classroom just emptied. I was by myself staring at the symbols and problems on the board.
I don’t understand any of it.
I admitted in my head. Was I retarded? No, I was okay in other subjects. What was the deal with Math subjects then?
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