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Part 9

Joey drives off after we wave bye to each other, my mom opens the door, guess she heard the car arrive

I walk in and she has that look on her face, I can tell she's about to go off

"Would you like to explain?", she stands with her arms crossed and my dad makes his way to our conversation

"I—"-

"What's going on?", my dad looks confused

"Lauren ditched class to hang with Joey, she just got home", my mom answers

"Oh really?", my dad crosses his arms, now they're just making it difficult for me to explain

"Can I just explain myself?", I sit down

They nod

"Look, I was having a bad day at school and I just couldn't finish the rest of the day....", they nod for me to continue.

"So, I decided that skipping class would make me feel better, I understand if you guys are mad at me and I don't blame you guys at all it's just sometimes I need a break"

My mom and dad look at each other, they both look disappointed in me

They sigh

"A break from what?", they ask

"A break from school, it can get stressful, I- I can't even get through the day without being drained. I hate it there, you guys don't understand what it's like"

"Lauren, we understand that you're still in school and you're a teen. At this age, you're going to make mistakes, no one's perfect. But it's important to make sure the choices you make won't get you into trouble, look, you missed 4 classes today and now you're behind with homework.

My dad's answer to what I just said is making me question if they're even trying to understand how I'm feeling or just even understand, I don't care that I ditched school, it was once! But how they're answering to my situation is not helping at all

My mom nods, "Honey", she looks at me, "We understand that—"

"You guys understand what?!", I yell, "You guys don't understand at all!"

I have had it with them, they're just making me feel worse about my stupid mistake and I regret even deciding to go with Joey and ditch school. It's not even a mistake, they don't get it.

"Just stop telling me that my mistakes and actions lead to consequences because it's not helping. It wasn't a big deal, all I did was ditch my last classes because I felt like I needed it, it's not the end of the world, it's not like I'll do it again"

"Lauren, ditching class isn't going to make you feel better, it's an education that you need and you weren't there so now you're behind with homework, and going out with Joey was not a great decision", my dad answers

They're not getting it, they don't understand at all

My mom and dad are being calm about this yet serious, they won't raise their voice at me, it almost like they don't care in a way, I don't understand why they're even arguing with me

There's a moment of silence and I'm holding back my tears, I don't let a single teardrop drop down my cheek, my mom opens her mouth and before I allow myself to listen I decide to head to my room

"Just leave me alone!", I yell, I rush to my room and slam the door shut. I feel bad except I just can't stand to hear them anymore, if they even care they would just make sure I'm feeling okay but no, they didn't mention that or ask if I'm okay

I sigh, I don't want to see Chantel's, Tessa's, Emily's, and Allison's stupid, bitchy faces again, I don't want to have to see them

After what happened earlier today, I don't even want to talk to them

Can't believe all my friends turned their backs on me, it's likely you can't trust anyone

It starts getting late, right as I'm about to head to sleep I get a text message, I'm curious to see who it is

Message from Joey

I open it to see what he sent me

Joey: Hey, are you up?

My heart starts beating rapidly, why would he text me this late?

I start typing...

Me: Yes...Why?
Joey: Just curious, what did your mom say when you got home?
Me: I don't want to talk about...
Joey: Why? Is everything okay?
Me: Yes, Joey, I just don't feel like talking about it, please?
Joey: That's fine, just making sure you're okay
Me: Well I'm okay right now, was just about to head to sleep
Joey: Yeah it's pretty late, I'll let you go to sleep
Me: Goodnight
Joey: Night

After Joey and I said good night, I headed to sleep, hopefully, tomorrow is a better day

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✨Sorry guys for making this chapter short! Promise next chapter will be better and I will update more often!💞😇