finally after a week of being in the hospital its time to leave. my mom wont let me drive even though my leg is fine. when i was beat up my ankle was rolled and i sprained my wrist, but besides that I'm fine, if you don't acknowledge all of the bruises. . .
once at home i ran to my laptop and looked up the camp, but all these thoughts were running though my head, what if i get bullied there to, will my mom let me, how will i convince her to pay? i printed some papers on the cost and went into the kitchen.
my mom hasn't made a really dinner ever since my dad left us five years ago. every night its either takeout or fend for yourself. sometimes i feel bad for her because she has been taking care of me alone for five years, but other times i just feel goddamn ashamed that she could be so pathetic.
when i get into the kitchen my mom is sitting at the table with a pile of paperwork; nothing new. i sit down next to her, and wait. things between me and my mom have always been awkward. she is never home and work comes before me.
"mom i want to go to a weight loss camp,here is the price... it starts next Friday, and i can drive myself." I wasn't asking if i could go i was telling her i was going. she looked at me, then the papers, then back at me.
"OK Katie, ill pay, but u better loose weight there, and keep it off, please leave me alone now, I'm trying to work and your distracting me."
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it was Friday and i was getting in my car and heading to Starbucks for my last breakfast before camp. that morning my mom had given me three thousand dollars in hundreds and said, 'have fun.' i was ready for my twelve hour drive to Philly from Florida.
at Starbucks i was getting my usual when someone elbowed me square in the back, "OH MY GOD! i am so sorry!! there is a dent in the floor and i tripped, are you OK?" it was Trent Stevens. i looked down right away and started mumbling something even i couldn't understand.
"i uh.. ya uhh I'm... buuhh.. ya... fine... thanks...." he looks at me like i have a defect and i just smile, how stupid can i be!
"um haha ok, how are you? i never get to talk to you in school." IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? Did Trent Stevens really just ask me how i was?
"I'm OK, just headed to Philly for the summer, how are you?" i just hope i don't embarrass myself, "I'm good, what are you doing in Philly?"
oh no... what should i say? if i tell him I'm going to weight loss camp he will tell Sarah, but i feel bad lying, it came out like word vomit. "fat camp...uhh well, fitness camp but you know, uhh ha ha ya." oh god...
"fat camp? but your a twig katie! what are they going to do with you?! haha well have fun, and dont loose to much weight, i have to go, bye! oh and text me this summer, you have my number." with that he left. a twig? he called me a twig! i looked at the lady taking my order, "oh sorry about that! umm how much was it?"
"4.25 miss."
"OK, here you go... do you think im a twig? im chubby right? i mean i think im chubby! but if he said im a twig it must be true right?" the lady kjust looked at me and walked away to make my drink, how weird can today get? first of all im driving to fat camp and then Trent tells me that im skinny! this is gunna be one hell of a summer.
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I Am Awkward
Ficção Adolescentekatie is bullied, and tortured in school, until one day when she finds something that will change her life forever. go with katie on her journey through romance, friendships, fights and tears.
