REMINISCENT

CHAPTER THREE: Those Who Know Me(EDITED)

Ashley's POV

I'm walking home obviously enraged, I knew I will have more problems with mom because the damn principal called and complained about my behavior, just great. It's better than deferring the semester

When I reached the porch I sighed knowing mom so well. I opened the door hesitantly and there she was, sitting patiently waiting for me with her arms folded "hey mom" I said heading for the stairs

"Ashley? " she called out for me in a deadly voice

"mom? " i responded back not in the mood for an argument with her

"sit" she ordered coldly to which I obeyed "Ashley what the hell did you do? " she questioned me with a serious expression that made me wince

"nothing, why? " I asked playing dumb

"Ashley I hate repeating myself, what happened with you and the lecturers at school? "she asked raising her voice

You just did I thought to myself with an eye roll

"nothing okay! They asked questions and I merely answered them geez get off my back" I responded starting to lose it

"Ashley I got a call from the principal and the school counselor saying your behavior has become really bad, you're now disrespecting lecturers, it's only been two weeks since you opened seriously Ashley?! " she scolded me

"oh come on mom, that's the fucking problem, you decide to listen to other people and not your daughter?! You don't even know what really happened and you don't care for a fucking explanation "  I yelled back

"Ashley don't you dare cuss in my house especially when you're in the wrong so don't use that against me and lower your voice before I make you lower it" she said taking deadly steps towards me

I glared at her in front of me as she thought about probably grounding me like I'm not an adult "I know where this behavior is coming from, let go of him already! it's been three years Ashley, three! If this is what he's making you become, like-like you aren't my daughter, then maybe we should move!" she said sternly clearly not thinking before she talked and those words just added to the pain of the day

Shock was an understatement "w-what?  You have no damn idea,you don't know what I'm going through right now and here you are yelling at me for shit you don't know, you even have the audacity to say that? So what if it's been three years?!I didn't see you do a damn thing in three years to help your only child! Clearly I don't know who you are, you're not my mom because my mom would never say that!"  I screamed at her with tears running down my cheeks.

Then it happened, she slapped me. Her hand made contact with my cheek in a blink of an eye, the slap was so hard and painful I felt my cheek sting and heat up afterwards

Frankly it was long overdue

Her anger left immediately her hand made contact with my cheek , her face was filled with nothing but regret. The house fell silent before she broke it"Ashly i-" she began but I cut off her by running upstairs to my room and slamming the door shut. I got on my bed and soaked my pillow with tears for an hour or so then fell asleep

I woke up with a splitting headache when I heard my phone buzz on my nightstand. My room was dark
D: hi there
Me: hey D, how are you?
D: I'm all good...how you doing?
Me: not fine at all :(
D: aww what's wrong? Is it about Aiden again?😢
Me: no... Well yeah kinda, it's complicated
D: share?
Me: OK briefly... I just didn't wake up on the right side of bed today so I pretty much had a crappy day...i got irritating comments in class plus there was some blonde chic all over Aiden and I got sent to the principle's office who called mom and when I got home we had this big argument then she slapped me (╥_╥)
D: aww I'm so sorry that happened to you, I wish I were there to comfort you
Me: I wish that too... Anyway how's school going?
D: fine fine though boring without you... Oh and Ms Milan  still pokes her nose in class 😔 how is she even a lecturer
Me: haha XD Dylan that's so rude. Just stop paying attention to her when she's doing it. It's been almost 3 years since I left strange things seem to still be the same well asides how our high school teacher is now a college lecturer. Maybe she secretly loves you and has been stalking you so she wouldn't be separated from her lover.
D: what? It's true either way and I can't just ignore when she rolls it in the tip of her fingers and flicks it everywhere 😭
Oh Yeah actually things have changed, not much but just enough
She isn't in love with me! Don't say that or I'll start being paranoid ew 💀 she's still a brilliant lady
Me: lol I'm just kidding but yeah that makes sense. well thanks for putting a smile on my face D, it means a lot... TTYL love you ♡♡♡
D: anytime love 🥰 and I'd wish you'd text like someone your age