Why Is It This Way?

Chapter Seven Maggie's P.O.V

I sigh as I sit on my bed and watch simplynailogical's YouTube videos non stop, so pretty much the same as every other day this summer. It's already 4 weeks in and I haven't seen anyone from my friend group once. Even though I live right across the street from Elaine, but she and I never hangout, and I have no idea why. My phone vibrates and I look at the top of the screen. I got a snapchat from Marissa.
"Hey", it reads "do you want to go to the movies with me to watch Hotel Transelvania 3 with me next Friday?". "Yeah" I type " just let me ask my parents first. I walk down stairs and open the door to my parents Room. "Hey mom, dad can I go to the movies with Marissa this Friday?"
"What movie are you going to see?"my dad asks in Hindi. My mom and dad moved from India to Canada a couple months before I was born. When I was younger I never shut up about it, but now I don't mention it that often not after the incident a couple years ago. I break out of my train of thought and say
" Hotel Transylvania 3".
"Will there be a parent be with you guys?" My mom asks.
"I don't know let me ask" I turn my phone on and ask Marrisa if her mom or dad is coming with us. I hear my phone ping and I look back down at my phone only to see the words
"No" appear on the screen. Even though I know how this will end I turn to my parents and say
"No, there will not"
"Then you can't go" my dad says, still speaking in Hindi.
" Please I'm going into grade 7 this year I'll be fine I promise"
" No Maggie your sister is in grade 9 and she still hasn't gone to the movies alone yet"
"Then can you come with us" I'm practically begging them at this point because this is probably the only time I'll get this summer to hang out with any of my friends because my parents are always at work.
"No, your mom and I have a delivery coming in so we can't be there with you" My dad says. My parents own a gas station so they are constantly getting in deliveries.
"Let's me see if Marissa's mom can stay with us"
"Okay" my mom says. I quickly text Marrisa and tell her to ask her mom if she can come with us. I have to wait 20 minutes before I get a response but finally I see my phone light up.
" Yeah my mom can take us" she says. I tell my parents the news before putting my phone away and falling into a peacefully slumber.

Friday rolls around alot quicker then I thought It would. I check the clock and realize it's already 10:58! Marissa and her mom are gonna be here at 11:15. I quickly get up and change as fast as possible and do my hair. While I'm eating my 'amazing breakfast' ( a granola bar) I hear the door bell ring. I scarf down the rest of my food and chuck the rapper into the trash before answering the door. The drive is short and the entire time Marrisa is ranting about something Nash did. Honestly I think they would make a good couple but if I tell Marrissa that she'll kill me. No really she will throw me out of the car and into the traffic. Best not to risk it. We pull up in the movie theater and buy our tickets and popcorn. At our theater they make a pump so you can put more butter on your popcorn. We bolt towards it and spend a good 3 minutes later, the butter on thick before heading into the theater

"Oh my gosh that ending was so predictable!" Marissa complains.
"Hey girls" Marissa mom says "do you two want to take a visit to the animal shelter before we go drop Maggie off?" "Yeah" Marissa says "let's go to the cat room, we are adopting one next week anyways" she says.
"Sure" I say. Little did I know how much I would regret saying that because it just so happens that Kella volunteers at the animal shelter, because why wouldn't she.
"Hi" she says "are you here to drop off an animal ?"she says while pointing to me.
"Actually, mom how about we don't go today?" Because Marissa says. Her mom looks at Kella and then at me. "Okay" she says "Just give me a moment I have to talk to the manager about an animal problem" she says while pointing to Kella, perfectly mimicking her. Marissa and I laugh while Kella face turns white and then red.

The next morning I wake up to find a snapchat from Marissa.
"Maggie you need to see this" I click the red square and see a text. I freeze when I read it. It's from Kella to Marissa. "You and Maggie got me fired, so be prepared because next year Im going to make your life a living hell"