Just Friends?

Chapter 10

"So what did you guys do?" I ask, while siting at my window seat. When I woke up it was 7:00, I then decided that I would call Kylie to see what she was up to.

"Well we went to the mall then w..."

"Was it the one with the mo..."

"Movie theater, yes. We went there afterwards."

"What did you watch?"

"We watched Mocking Jay, it was pretty good, but it would have been better if you had gone." she whines. "Oh my god Sasha was going on about how Jay and her are..." I block her out knowing that whatever words she was going to say next would be painful to me.

"Hey." Alexis grabs Kylie's phone and starts waving it around. "Let me give you a room tour. She flips the camera to an angry kylie.

"Omg it's Alexis." I say faking my enthusiasm. I walk with my phone to the opposite side of the room to my dresser. "Show me more."

"Did you hear what I said?" Kylie gets a hold of her phone, after whacking Alexis with one of her decorative pillows.

"Yea yea." I say lifelessly while staring straight into my eyes in the mirror hanging above my dresser. I pick up my phone and look straight into the camera. "I gotta go, my mom's calling." I announce, lying.

"Wai..." she calls, but before she can say anything more, I hang up.

I place my phone carefully on the wooden dresser, I look at my reflection, I tighten my tied shirt around my waist, I then run my fingers over my body.
I pull my shirt so that it. Doesn't reveal how lathargic I am getting. I bring my face closer to the mirror, and touch the purplish skin under my eyes, over the bags that hang there showing how exhausted I am. As I'm running my fingers through my hair, I am interrupted.

"Mia!" My mothers voice lingers up the stairs. "Come down now!" I realized she had been calling me for a while, but I haven't heard her just till now.

I step away from the mirror. "Coming!" I shout, my voice small, but bus loud enough so that she could hear.

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"Yea, just so much pressure." My father speaks with his mouth full. I only half listen while the adults have their conversations about their adult life.

"Don't eat with your mouth full!" My mother nags.

"I'm sorry" he swallows. "It's just that Dr. Tate announced that the hospital might go bankrupt, and I'm just so stressed."

"I know, I know."

Jack pulls out his DS, and I reach for Charlie in his little booster chair and give him another mouthful, forgetting about my own food.
Sara smiles as she picks up her phone to read her text, she must be talking to her not boyfriend again.
Jeremy threatens to take her phone and read the texts that are probably from Sean, or Seaniebear, her not-boyfriend told you.

"Jack put that away, and Jeremy stop bugging your sister. As for you Sara put your phone down, or I will take it and read the text aloud." My father demands.
Sara slips her phone into her pocket while she presses her lips into a straight line. Jack puts his DS away also.
"Thank you. Now how did it go, Mia?"
My mother shakes her head slightly to indicate that it's a sensitive topic.
I pretend not to hear and put the little plastic spoon to Charlie's mouth to give him another morsel of spaghetti.

"What?" Jack asks intrigued.

"Yea what?" Jeremy joins in only when the topic sounds interesting.

"Never mind, lets talk about something else." my father tries to change the subject.

"Well...." Takes a pause. "I'm going out?" Sara states, she gets up leaves her dirty dish at the table, she doesn't even ask which is extremely disrespectful.

"Isn't it a little late for that?" My mother calls after her, as my father keeps his mouth shut and fills his mouth with spaghetti.
Ugh I hate spaghetti.
My rude sister walks away without saying another word. I can tell that my mother feels defeated by the way she grows silent and just looks down solemnly at her food. Why does she let her get away with that shit. I say silently, but I keep my mouth shut knowing that if I say something my mother would take it out on me.

Once everyone left at the table were finished eating, the room was radio silent. I was a little bit hesitant to leave, but I was tired and I wanted to be in my room. As quietly as possible I got up, put my dishes in the sink and crept up the stairs, nobody said a word.
I got up to my room and as soon as my head hit the pillow I knocked out.

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