The Fullstop

Part 2:

Next morning, I woke up and went downstairs to see my mom adjusting my dad's tie as they were all gathered around the kitchen table with bowls of cereal and milk.

My mom smiled at me and my dad stopped worrying about his tie and they all took steps closer to give me a hug.

It was a morning routine.

I sat on my chair which was the one beside dad and kept taking in spoonfuls of cereal down my gut. But then mom and dad were exchanging looks and I knew they were about to bring up something.

'Have you decided on which college or university you want to join, honey?' My mom asked with her girly voice, pretending not to look in my face.

'Uhh, I don't know.' I said lamely. I never really knew anyway.

'But you should know, it's time you actually start corresponding universities.' My dad intrudes, making circles with his spoon.

I stay silent because I don't really know what I should do about college.

My dad drives me to school and when I open my classroom doors, my teacher and all my classmates have 'Welcome Back' balloons and cakes and everything else. I stare at them indigently and make my way to my desk, the teacher gives me another sorrowful look and wishes I could celebrate my arrival, but why I should celebrate it? It's not like it's a really good occasion, I just came to school.

Everyone kept eating the cakes and wasted about 20 minutes of our first lesson and the day just passed by like it should have.

I walk through the hallways making my way to the exit door and check up on my phone. Nicole texted me saying that I urgently need to come over for weed tests after I'm done with school, so I make my way to Nicole's.

I knock on her door and some guy with blonde hair and blue eyes opens it for me and without saying anything, I just go upstairs to Nicole's room.

I knock and I hear: 'GEN IT'S YOU COME IN.' And so I come in to find Nicole wearing scientific goggles and handling stuff with forceps and tongs that kind of remind me of our school science lab.

'Oh please, stop staring and give me that test tube.' She says, I hand her the test tubes and a violent colour change takes place in that cup in her hands.

'Eureka!' She exclaims, holding out her hands above her. I wonder why she's so excited.

'It is weed. Bad daddy. If my dad smokes weed so what on hell should I be doing being a teenager? A patriotic, off-my-feet teenager.' She continues as she opens her laptop.

I watch her looking through several websites and exchanging excited looks with me. I just stand there and wait.

But suddenly, I hear some moans and screaming from next doors.

'Dear Genevieve, please check out what the hell my mom is doing in that room, thank you.' Nicole said.

'Umm, uhh, right.' I said and went out of the room.

I knocked twice on the door then went in to see that same blonde blue-eyed guy dancing on Nicole's mom. When I entered, they both stopped dancing and stared at me with wide eyes.

'Uhh, I was just wondering if you want some tea?' I asked them to get away from the situation. They still stared.

'Umm, no tea? Uhh, I'll ask for green tea then. Right. Okay.' I said, then I went back to Nicole.

'Um, a blonde blue-eyed guy is dancing over your mother making weird noises, they stared so I asked if they um, wanted some tea, they like um, stared so, yeah.' I said looking at Nicole.