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Tibby woke up the next morning, and had to look at the calendar before a realization hit her. "Today's my sister's birthday!" Not that it mattered. There would still be school, as always. She didn't even care. Her sister always had the best birthdays - her parents would always make a special coffee cake for breakfast, and then they would go out for lunch, and then there would be a barbeque for dinner. There would be tons of presents for her and loads of attention, besides.
"I wonder if she'll tell Mom and Dad that she's pregnant today …" Tibby thought bitterly. Then, with a flash of anger decided she didn't care.
I'll just stay away for most of today, anyway. I'll probably get in the way of them paying attention to my sister anyway, so I might as well stay at school and study. Besides … I really don't want to be there when she tells Mom and Dad … "
Not even bothering to stay for coffee cake, Tibby peddled her bike off to school
"It really is so peaceful in the morning, All quiet, with the birds singing, and the mountains are so pretty and purple. It's so still here, I wish I could stay here, instead of going to school, "
Her trig class went by as normal - the quiz over the homework the night before, the lecture, the in class assignment, and the homework for that night … It had somehow all become part of the routine. The only thing Tibby couldn't stand was the waiting. All she wanted to do was leave her class. Ste felt the nearly irresistible urge to go walking around. She knew that she couldn't leave her class, but she didn't care. Her legs were itching, telling her to get up, and take a walk … NOW. She found that she couldn't concentrate on the work or the lecture, taking her notes only reflexively, her main focus seemed to be getting outside.
As soon as she wrote down her last homework problem, she walked quickly out the door, and decided that she didn't care that she had a lot of homework - she needed to take a walk somewhere. Running would be preferable, but her backpack was so heavy and she didn't really want to run with it on, and couldn't really leave it anywhere. She started to walk off past the library, then had a better idea. She turned around and walked over to the bike rack, and ride off in the opposite direction. She passed the building where her chemistry class was held, and kept on going until she reached the campus golf course. Chaining her bike, she decided that maybe she could leave her backpack and helmet here … she couldn't see anyone …
She had no clue where she was going, but she didn't really mind. She decided to mainly keep to the shade of the trees around the golf course, so that she was less likely to be caught unawares by any random golfers. The golf course, despite being pretty and green wasn't all that large - or at least, the part of it where Tibby was wasn't. She walked around, and wondered about the part of the golf course that was on the other side of the road that ran right through the middle of the campus, but she decided that she didn't really have time to check it out.
After a while of exploring (and re - exploring) the golf course for about half and hour, Tibby decided that she had better get back and start to work on her homework. She sat in the downstairs lobby of the chem. building, and tried to concentrate on the trig … it wasn't THAT hard … she'd actually been able to do most of it in her class …
The chemistry class went by nearly as slowly as the trig class. There was the inevitable reading and the homework - Tibby hated balancing chemical equations … she couldn't see any possible use for them in her life … well, except perhaps to annoy her. But she dutifully balanced out each equation that her teacher had given her, and read, and re read.
As soon as she got home, she could smell the barbecue She was glad that it was a small barbecue - not something where all of her sister's friends were invited. Tibby grabbed some food and sat down at the table, and began to eat.
Eventually everyone left, and Tibby, her mom, dad and older sister were alone in the house. Tibby began to get this ominous feeling …
"Mom, Dad, I have something to tell you … I'm pregnant!" Tibby didn't bother to wait and find out if the confusion that followed was an angry confusion or a happy confusion, she just got herself out of there as quickly as she possibly could, and was very glad that she could go unnoticed at times.
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