Always Outspoken

Always Outspoken ch.6

SIX:

Having a substitute usually means you can do whatever you want to do during class. In this case, I will be doing absolutely nothing during chemistry class. This morning my darling sister (yes, I am using sarcasm) announced that she'll be going out of town for her spelling bee (uhm yes, I said spelling bee). So now, I have to either go with them, or my grandparents have to come and watch me.

This is ridiculous! I tried telling my parents that I'm a responsible sixteen year old, who doesn't need her border-line senile grandparents to watch her. As much as I love them, they are not fun to be around.

And I'd rather bury myself alive than go to my sister's spelling bee. I don't need my parents showing off their eldest child, who can do no wrong, unlike her sister. I don't even do many bad things. I mean, I only started a small fire in our house, and I was five years old then.

Anyway, this morning I argued with my parents from the minute I got up until I left for the bus. To add to that, I barely got any sleep because I spent all night doing my chemistry homework, which we didn't even have to hand in because of the substitute teacher.

Can you tell I'm just a tad bit angry? And, I told Cody about my parents and their golden child (clearly not me), and he acted like it wasn't a big deal. I totally didn't see the shrug coming from him. I guess I wanted someone to cheer me up, or make me temporarily forget about it, but Cody didn't even try. His excuse; "Well, it's only for this weekend, right? I'll talk to you on the phone." Something about that didn't seem right.

Now, I'm in chemistry class, thinking this morning's events over again, and I'm angry all over again. That's when Jason came over and sat at the empty desk next to me, since everyone moved around to talk to each other.

"Hey, something wrong?" he asked curiously. Or maybe he was concerned, as a friend I mean.

"I'm fine," I answered quietly.

"No you're not. Answering with 'fine' always means there's something wrong," he said with a smirk. Wow, he must be the only guy who knows that.

"You're right, things aren't fine. I'm either stuck with my family at some stupid spelling bee contest for my sister, or stuck being supervised by my senile grandparents. I'm not a happy camper right now," I answered honestly.

He pondered on that, until he suggested, "Then it looks like we need a plan to get you out of it." He was now using that amazing smile.

"Like what?"

"Well, Beth wanted to do something today, with the whole group. Since the movies is always crowded on Fridays, we're going bowling, I think. And after, my parents said it was okay for everyone to crash at my house for the weekend."

"Really? Okay..." I thought for a second, "Alright! I'll tell my parents that I'm going to a study group on Friday, and staying over Beth's house! They better let me do that at least, if they believe me that is."

Jason's smile got bigger as I planned how the conversation should go after school.

"Mom, Dad, I wanted to suggest a different plan for this weekend," I started when they were both in the kitchen. I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge, and they both sat down at the counter.

"Sweetie, we already told you your options," my mother said.

"Please, just listen to me," they nodded, so I continued, "As much as you'd like to think how much of a screw up your second child is, I'm actually quite responsible. I don't think it's fair that Elyse gets to do whatever she wants, just because she gets better grades then me. I want you to trust me, and you can do that by letting me go to a study group tomorrow after school and sleeping over a friend's house." They didn't even interrupt me during my short speech, thank goodness.