The Secret - Camren

Part 6

I was sitting in my sister’s principal’s office with my little sister and my mother. She had her pjs on and smelled like a bar exploded on her. She was in the corner mumbling about something no one understood. We were sitting in silence waiting for Mr. Wallis to come back and explain the situation to me since my mother wasn’t talking to anyone now.

He finally walked into the office and took his seat in front of us.

“Hello Miss Jauregui, I wanted you to come her so that I could explain the commotion that your mother caused today in your sister’s class.” He said a frustrated expression on his face. “Your mother walked into your sister’s class and started yelling at the teacher that Taylor had to come with her now; saying that her father would be mad with everyone and punish her and the whole class. When the teacher told her to leave and go to the office she started throwing everything she could get her hands on” he continued. Omg what was she thinking.

“I am so sorry Sir” I tried to apologize but he waved it off.

“After she had calmed down a little, your sister brought her to my office so that we could call you. Once she heard you were coming she stopped talking and went to the corner and started to mumble. She seems to be talking to someone like your father. We know your father passed a few months ago and that it’s been hard but I must demand that you do something to help your mother or I will be forced to take action with child services. I do not doubt your ability to take care of your sister but it is not your job and the way your mother has acted today shows that things might not be safe at home” he said. I didn’t know what to say. I could feel tears filing my eyes. I couldn’t lose my sister. I sighed as a tear slid down my cheek.

“I’ll make sure she gets help, I’m so sorry she came her. I’ll be taking both her and my sister home now if that’s alright” I said standing up and taking my sister’s hand. I could tell she was trying not to cry. I grabbed my mother’s hand and forced her to stand and come with us. We walked to the car in silence and I put my mother in the back seat. As I closed the door Taylor rammed into me and gave me a big hug as her tears finally escaped, sliding down her cheeks as she sobbed. I held onto her as tightly as I could. We stood like that for a long time before she let go. When she did I bent down to her and looked into her eyes.

“No one is going to take you from me okay?” I promised her. “I will make sure mom gets some help” I continued. I wiped away the few tears that were starting to fall again then we got into the car and drove home. I put my mother in her bed and I didn’t see her for the rest of the night. I watched movies with Taylor until Chris came home. I had texted him so he would take the bus home. I made some supper as Chris helped Taylor with her homework and then we watched TV for the rest of the night.

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I couldn’t sleep that night. I had thought about texting the girls to tell them what had happened but I couldn’t. there was only one person I wanted to talk to right now, only one person I wanted to comfort me and help me figure out what I needed to do but I didn’t have her number. So instead I stayed up all night, crying occasionally, trying to fight all the negative feelings I had been battling with since before my dad died.

The next day I didn’t bother getting dressed. I brought my siblings to school and went straight home. I called the school to tell them I couldn’t come today and they said it was alright. They knew how hard it was sometimes to handle my mother. They told me to take as many as I needed and that they would find someone to get my work for me.

When I got home I was finally able to get some sleep. I passed out and woke up around two, to find I had a bunch of texts from Mani and Ally. I even had some from an unknown number. I wonder who that was.