Our Inner Demons

Chapter 19

"You look different." My mother noticed while we were eating. At this point I would only get to see her during dinner time, and even that was questionable since I would spend as much time as possible with Connor.

"I did get a haircut yesterday..."

"No. Not your hair. Your face."

"What? Do you think I did something with my lips? Nose?"

"Your entire face changed."

"How is that even possible..."

"You seem... Happy." I smiled for a moment and got serious again.

"I have no reason to be sad, do I?"

"I like that attitude. You definitely don't. But still... Something seems very different."

"Okay, there is something new that I wanted to tell you." She stopped eating and stared at me.

"What?"

"Well, you might not like it."

"I usually don't like the decisions you make on your own, but go on. Maybe this time you will surprise me."

"Okay, here it is... You know I went out with Connor last night..."

"Oh, so we're talking about him. As usual."

"And he asked me to be his girlfriend." She started laughing hysterically so hard that even our maid had to come in to check if everything was alright. When she saw that my mom was just laughing she returned to the kitchen. "What's so funny about that?"

"Can you imagine if you said yes? Honestly, I would do that if I was you. I would that his heart into pieces. He should learn his place."

"But I did... I did say yes."

She suddenly stopped laughing and her face was dead serious.

"You did what?!"

"I said yes."

"And when are you gonna let him know that you were joking?"

"Never. I wasn't joking. I really like Connor. And he likes me."

"I can understand how he likes you... But how in the world could you be in love with someone like him?"

"It's not like I get to choose, I never asked for it to happen. But I'm glad it did."

"Out of all the boys I tried to set you up with over the years you choose him?! Are you crazy, Celestia?"

"No, because out of all of them he is the only one I consider to be a real man. He supports me and he's always there for me. All those others cared about is my reputation. Connor loves me for me."

"And what are you without your reputation?"

"It's sad you can even ask me that with no shame."

"Why should I be ashamed? Of what? Of her?!" She took a magazine with me on the cover and shoved it into my face. "Can you see this? I created her! Do you think I should be ashamed of what's on this cover or maybe you should be ashamed for ruining yourself by dating a loser."

"Don't call him that."

"It's the truth."

"It isn't. I don't care what he has or doesn't have! You're the real loser! You're about to lose me if you don't start acting right!" I took my coat and went outside of the house.

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I received a message hours ago that I haven't even read and it was from Connor. He was letting me know that he won't be going to work today because he got a day off. I was over the moon with happiness because I knew he was at work and I had no place to go.