AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here is the second chapter, finally! I hope you enjoy it, because i enjoyed writing it. :) wow... that sounded cheesy! Anyway not much happens in this chapter, mainly it's just Lennox and Mel talking but you find out what has been bothering Lennox! Please, please, please review even if you are just a guest! I need to know if you guys are enjoying this or not!
Lennox noted that Aunt Mel had avoided her question by replying with a response of, "Nothing, just you know, I was staring at his food, yes his food. Anyway enough about me, what's the deal with you?"
Lennox sighed, she knew this had been coming, she supposed it was best to tell her Aunt the truth, before she heard it off the street from some random stranger. "I um may have some small problems at school," she decided to start it off like that and see how her Aunt responded.
"Yes, please continue," her aunt replied, trying to take in as much detail as she could.
"Well, I…" Lennox paused, could she really do this? Could she really just open up to her aunt and tell her everything? She then thought of everyone around her, the adults she knew that had failed in life, like her mum and her dad, did she want to end up like them? "Well I'm going out with a boy in my year and he's cool but maybe I only like him as a friend, and maybe I like another boy who is in my class. When we started going out, it was OK, it was good, I mean a lot of people started teasing us, and noticing and saying lots of things but I used to like him, now I don't like him anymore. The teasing has stopped but now I'm worried that…"
"You're worried that if you break up with him, people will butt into your personal life again, that the teasing will start all over?" Mel finished for her, with a look of astonishment on Lennox's face.
"Um yeah," Lennox stammered, "How did you know that?"
"Because I guessed, I'm good with these sorts of things," Aunt Mel replied, smiling gently at Lennox.
"It's not only that," Lennox continued, "I'm stressed out about exams at school and the whole sticky situation with my parents. I love living here, Aunt Mel, maybe I love it even more then my old life but I'm scared that someday soon, my mum or my dad will come here and take me away." Lennox then realised that she had never opened up to anyone like that before; she had practically spilled her guts out.
Her aunt nodded and replied, "Sweetheart, your mum still has years left in her prison sentence and you'll be eighteen in a couple of months, then you can do whatever you want! Your dad is still on the run from the police, I doubt he would show his face up here as long as Joe is living under this roof. I wouldn't worry about either of them, but remember that they are still your parents and they still love you. About the situation at school, you should follow your heart but remain with your head. I can't decide for you but I would break up with this boy, who cares what anyone else says?"
Lennox smiled, her aunt had great advice, and she didn't know why she hadn't come to her earlier. "Thanks Aunt Mel, you're the best!" Lennox grinned at her and gave her a big hug before dashing off to her room. She hadn't found out what the deal was between her aunt and Joe but at least she had found a solution to her problems. She stayed up late that night, thinking about the best way to break up with her boyfriend, however she felt refreshed and ready to go when she woke up in the morning.
