The Girl In Love With Milk Tea

Lecture

Thea

I had made it to the end of my jug of milk tea which had me sad beyond belief and Mel looked at my pouting lips and scrunched up face and laughed.

Loud.

From the core of her stomach.

With no sympathy. 

I looked at her with my most crazy look, my eyes looked deranged as she was making fun of me, she had been the only person who was able to get away with laughing at me because she's my best friend but that didn't mean I would accept her laughing at me.

I gave her one look and she sobered up, quickly might I add. I had looked at the time and had a heart attack. 

"Mel! Why didn't you tell me it's eight o'clock?" Shocked that I had forgotten the time and had taken my time drinking my tea, I had a habit of sleeping early and that was one thing no one can change about me because I love sleeping with a passion but it definitely comes after having the perfect cup of milk tea but it is very important  to me. 

"You were enjoying your tea and I didn't want to rush you because you would attack me!" screaming, as she came to the end of her sentence most likely remembering the time I had jumped on her as she snatched my cup of tea from my hands and poured it down the sink because I was getting late for bed.

She gave me that look and my anger dissolved as I realised it was my fault that I had gone past my bedtime, I sprinted to my bedroom and had gotten ready to sleep by changing from my boyfriend jeans and a white t-shirt to my favourite pyjamas, pulling my hair out from the dutch braids and pulled a brush through it making it a frizzy mess. 

I dived into my duvets, curling into a ball ready to fall into a peaceful sleep. 

BRINGGGG!

Great! who's calling right now when they most likely know it's my bedtime - like come on mate I'm ready to sleep. 

I lazily picked up my phone and looked at it with squinting eyes, the bright light hitting my eyes, the only light in my dark room. 

Mama.

Oh no! Why is she calling now? The only times she calls is to scold me or to find out if i got in trouble? What did I do today that was bad? 

Wait. Why am I getting scared, I haven't done anything wrong at all. I gave myself a small pep talk and steeled myself and accepted the call. 

"THEA OPHELIA STERLING!" The monster screamed from the other end of the line. 

My hands trembled as I pulled the phone away and slowly brought it back near my ear.

"Yes," I mumbled weakly, the fear was evident in my voice and I know my mother heard it too. 

She sighed, "Thea. Love, I know you love milk tea but I don't want you to be rushing around and leaving Melissa's side to make it, too much can kill you Ophelia and you know that. You're my only daughter and you are a grown woman now and yet you act like your..."  I tuned out a few minutes into the lecture about tea killing me. 

I let out a few occasionally 'yes Mummy' and she eventually cut the call, I slammed back onto the bed and sighed.  

What a day, What a lecture.