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Chapter 4

Two weeks later

After a long summer break, the girls are returning for their senior year of high school. The girls are all excited and nervous about their last year of high school. Spencer's excited for all the classes she'll be taking. The rest of the girls are mainly excited for the senior year because of all the school dances and other fun events that seniors attend. After waiting their whole lives for this moment, they are finally the queens of the school.

Spencer stood in her room trying to decide what she should wear on her first day back to school. She's trying to pick between the white blouse with the brown skirt and cowgirl boots or the white shirt, with the green blazer, and short green plaid skirt and black knee socks. She ends up picking the second outfit. Once she had her outfit on and put together, she did her hair and makeup. For her hair, she brushed then clipped half of her hair together with a heart shaped clip and did her makeup light and simple. She took one look at herself in the mirror and smiled at herself. Then she grabbed her bag off of her red chair and slung it over her shoulder.

When Spencer was halfway down the stairs, she overheard her parents arguing about something. She stopped on one of the steps and listened. They've been fighting a lot lately.

"Listen to me, Peter," Veronica hissed. "I have to work tonight, so you have to get dinner ready for you and Spencer."

"Why do I have to do it?" Peter argued.

"because, you're never here to help out. Ever since Melissa was born I've always been the one to do all the cooking and the cleaning. It would be nice if my husband help around the house a little."

"It's a woman's job to do the cooking and the cleaning, not the man's."

"I can not believe that you just said that."

"I can't believe we actually have this argument every day."

"Are you going to make dinner tonight or not?"

"Not!" He yelled.

"And why not?"

"I have to meet with a client tonight."

Spencer couldn't listen to this anymore. She decided to make her presence known. She walked down the last few steps and bounced into the kitchen. Veronica and Peter immediately shut their mouths when they saw their daughter.

"Good morning, Spencer," Veronica smiled. "Did you sleep well?"

Spencer nodded and said, "Yeah."

"Listen, Spencer," Peter started. "I have to work late tonight, so it will just be you and your mother tonight."

"Peter," Veronica hissed. "I already told that I can't be here tonight."

"That's okay," Spencer cut in. "I'm fine being on my own for dinner tonight."

"You sure?" Her mother asked.

"Yeah. It's okay, I'm used to it."

"Okay," Veronica leaned in to kiss her cheek. "Better get on to school don't want to be late."

"Right, bye mom, dad."

"Bye," Peter mumbled.

Spencer walked out the door and sighed once the door was shut behind her. It hurt not having her parents around all the time. They're always at work or at a business dinner with a client, or visiting Melissa, or traveling someplace, and when they are here, they're usually fighting. Spencer's home doesn't really feel like home. The only time her parents stop fighting is when Melissa comes home for a visit. Then as soon as she leaves the driveway, it's back to world war 3 again.