Gravity

Chapter 13

"And I'd give up forever to touch you, Cause I know that you'd feel me somehow. You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be and I don't wanna go home right now. And all I can taste is this moment, and all I can breathe is your life. Cause sooner or later is over and I don't wanna miss you tonight. And I don't want the world to see me, cause I don't think that they'd understand. When everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am."

I sing along with the Goo Goo Dolls.

"Spencer get up or you're gonna be late for school." My mom comes in and tells me. "And turn that down." She says pointing to my iPod dock.

"How am I gonna get there, since I can't call Mads?" I ask a bit more sarcastically than I intended, getting up and turning down the music.

"Spencer you have a car." My mom points out.

"But it's a piece of crap." I counter.

"Get up and get ready for school Spencer." She says all motherly. "Now! She adds before turning and leaving out.

"Fiiiiine." I yell out after she leaves.

Life seriously sucks right now.

No Ashley.

No phone.

No friends.

Kill me now I think to myself as I turn my music back up and flop back onto my bed.

"And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming, Or the moment of truth in your lies. When everything feels like the movies. Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive." I sing along louder and hear my mom yell something. Fine ugh!

I finally get up and get ready for school before my mother decided to make another visit to my room. This time with something that could hurt me.

"Grab a bagel and a bottle of Orange Juice from the fridge and get out of here." My mom tells me as I come down the stairs.

She's seriously making sure I don't miss school today after I missed it yesterday.

"Okay." I say simply and do as she says and leave for school. "Fuck this car." I say as I pull into school. It seriously sucks. I almost didn't make it here, twice.

"You look like shit." Madison tells me as she catches up with me on the way to class.

"Thanks." I fake a smile then take a bite from my bagel.

"I'm just saying. You've seen better days." She adds with a smile.

"Fuck off." I tell her as we enter class and take a seat.

"You love me." She smiles that infamous Madison smile and I can't help but smile with her.

"So how bad did you get it?" She asks as the bell rings and teacher enters class.

"Grounded for a week." I tell her through a sigh. Talking about this just reminds me of the fact that I have to go an entire week without talking to Ashley. And I bet you're thinking, why don't I just use Madison's phone to text Ashley all day. Well, obviously you don't know my mom. She has her ways. She can find out anything. And I don't want to make this punishment last any longer.

"Only a week, that's not so bad. By the way Paula was looking yesterday, I was sure it was gonna be at least a month." She says and nods for emphasis.

"I kinda groveled." I tell her.

"Oh." She says and turns around in her seat.

"You?" I ask.

"Nothing." She shrugs. I drop my mouth open. How come I get punished and she doesn't. "What?" She says turning and seeing my facial expression. "I told you, I didn't wait til the last possible second to tell my mother I was going to the other side of the country. I'm not stupid. I woulda came back in a body bag chica." Madison says with a look of horror on her face.