bittersweet life

Chapter eleven

Chapter eleven:

I went home after my conversation with Zach, not even thinking about going to the rest of my classes.

My dad isn't home and he won't get here until 7pm, so he won't notice it anyway.

I hear my phone vibrate and I have to crawl under my bed to find it, because I threw it there earlier out of frustration.

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Maria:

I just wanted to say we're sorry. We should have said something, especially me.

Hope you'll come tomorrow :)

And pleeeaase don't be mad at me/us!!

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I instantly text back.

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You:

No problem, you're forgiven ;)

See ya tomorrow.

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I sigh and roll back onto my bed, looking at the ceiling and not knowing what to do with my time. Just then Ben comes in and cuddles up against my side, lying his head on my stomach.

"You want to go for a walk?" I ask him, but he looks at me until I remember what halpend last time we 'went for a short walk'.

"Right... Then I'll just gonna stay in bed?" I ask myself.

My surprisingly talkative dog barks and walks over to my window. I stand up to see what he's barking at, and see that my dad got home early. Well of course he would be home early today, live apparently likes to screw with me.

I descide to just tell my dad the truth: that I skipped more than half of my classes. He maybe won't get that angry if I tell him myself, even though it's pretty obvious.

I tell Ben to stay in my room and head down to see my dad on the phone. He looks stressed, something seems to bother him.

I'm about to ask him what's wrong, when he starts to talk, not noticing me standing on the staircase.

"Danielle, just listen to me for a sec-"

So he talks with my mum, what could she want from him?

"No, I think-" he gets interrupt.

"Stop it! She needs to know!" my dad suddenly yells.

Whatever they're talking about, this was my cue to walk upstairs again, silently to not get noticed.

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"And then she called me fat! Do I look fat? This is actually my favorite shirt. What should I do now, Jonas?? Whaaat should I do?" I ask Jonas, who's skyping with me.

"Eehm I don't know. How about you ask this Sam guy to help you? From what you told me I'd say he's the right one to shut her up."

"Haha, very funny. I know them all for about a week, and they seem more like Maria's friends." I add.

"Why are you even asking me??I'm hours away from you! And I thought you don't care 'bout what anybody thinks of you? " he asks a little bit unsure.

And he's right! Why should I care about her? Cleveland is like a new start for me, even though I didn't need it.

I'm going to make the best of it!