From Nerd to Badass

chapter 7

I look behind me to see my mom standing with her hand on her mouth and the other one pointing at me, rather my arm.

I look down and see that my sleeve of my jacket is raised and my wrist is in sight.

" Oh. That. I know what you are about to say but don't. I know, I know ok. It was reckless and stupid and crazy and dumb and totally out of bounds but don't judge yet until I tell you the story." I say quickly.

" What? If you let me talk, you would know that I really like the design and color. Who got it done? Where? How long ago and can I get one. My mom says.

I look down at my wrist to see a beautiful but fragile rose that is a crystal green. I smiled at the words under it. " Bloom even though it is cold outside." I got this when my self-confidence  was at the lowest point. I just got to Paris and found out that my friend just passed away when he arrived at his business trip in Londan. This was his favorite quote by John Brown. I also did the rose in crystal green because it was his favorite color.

I explained this to my mom with tears almost braking through my eyelids.

"Oh honey. I am sorry. " my mom said with worry.

" It's fine mom. Let's just go you guys." I say turning around and heading out the door. I hear foot steps following  me as we head to our cars. I can tell by the atmosphere that my friends are  confused to why I told this fake story. In reality I only got this tattoo because it was a dare. I really couldn't tell my mom that or would be in Hell .

As we were driving towards a place with  good food, I turned on my radio and hummed the words to radioactive. It soon turned into full blown screaming the lyrics while shaking my head to the beat.

I arrived at a diner  called Jay' s. I remember the thick malts and the salty fries I used to get when I lived here.

I park in the driveway and waited until my crew got out their cars.

"What are we doing here?" Nick ask puzzled.

"We are at the most famous restaurant in town. " I replied with a grand gesture.