- Smash -

She shut the front door. Now I know how it feels to be thrown out by your mother...

"I need my bag, mother-!" She had ran away and did not hear me.

"- Mother-? Mother-?" So I thought, but at that moment she had returned and opened the door. I was glad. "I need-"

"Here you are!" My bag landed... at the sidewalk, nearly at the street. "Now disappear somewhere, you annoying freaky-!"

- Smash -

She is really good at smashing doors shut. And to give you nicknames full of love. Maybe I am a lucky one despite of any other thing, because I catched my bag without being runned over by a car. There is more traffic in the morning because the adults have to go to work, and they seem to start all at the same time. In the afternoon it is different, ones do not have to work long, others like my father are pretty busy.

7. Capter: "My sandwich for a special friend"

"You don´t have anything for lunch then-?" Karen showed me an unbelieving expression. We sat next to each other in the last row in the history lesson, sticking our heads together for talking. "Right, and I do not need anything to-"

"Stop-" A hand had closed my mouth. "Don´t you think only an ignorant moron would say things like 'I don´t need anything to eat'? Mommy told me that food is very important, without the energy it stores your brain will... not work right." Her eyes were staring into mine, she was so serious now. I took her hand away to speak to her, and at last my classmates should not notice anything of our conversation. "First, I am no moron, and second-"

"- She´s a paediatrician, she knows nearly everything our family should know about how to raise a child the right way." This sudden comment out of the blue-

"I did not want to ask you this... so why did you say that?"

"It just leads to this questions everytime, so..." I pouted. Not the whole time I asked everything of everyone to find out how reliable the sources were...

"I just wanted to ask who of the others would share with me yet?!"

I knew they would not do so-

"Me, for example-!" a happy voice said. She broke her sandwich in two parts and-- Suspicious I rose an eyebrow. I felt uncomfortable.

"Thank you very much, but how about you-? This is your food and-"

She smiled. "- And I decide who´ll get one half of it-! Now take it, or they´ll look at you making such a scene of it. And I don´t want to mess up with our teacher."

Am I allowed to take this-? I was told not to bother the others...

"Ummm..." I looked at the half sandwich, unsure what to do: wether or not take this present.

"And which magic spell you say-?" What did she want to hear from me-? Maybe-

"Abrakadra-" That was all I could guess.

"NOOOOOOO!!" She broke out into laughter, holding her stomach. Was my reply incorrect-?

"No- - (laugh)- no, you say-, you say- - 'Pl-'... 'Please'... and take it- finally--!"

The way she bent herself out of shape made everyone else look at us now. Even the teacher. Unfortunately this was Mrs. Bitters. "I´ve seen enough, you two will be my companion after your last lesson!" This had been a very piosoned hissing.

While I am worrying about mother at home... I try not to think about school which they call 'Pre-Hell' at all, mostly because of Mrs. Bitters. The other teachers were just... average, not worthy to be mentioned although they were not like our female 'Satan'... we liked them more than her.

But to be Mrs. Bitters 'companion' would mean... to be late-! I did nothing more dislike than this-!! No, mother did not like it, for me it did not matter when I would return from school- So once again her... rants I would be a devil... and she is already stressed with the preparation of this birthday party... This time she will lose-

"Stay cool Jules- This isn´t the worst thing what could´ve happened to us." Karen was looking straight forward with a will in her eyes... I have never seen before this strenght in one´s eyes, it is a look with that you could scare off anybody. Then she changed her expression, looking again friendly and lovely at me, "Together we´ll do it! I´ll help you. Where should friends exist for then this?" and hands her right hand over to me.

Shall I..? Why should I do this-?

Finally I decide for taking her hand. "Okay then, 'friend'-"

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Annotation:

I´m still not (un)happy. So what about you? How do you feel right now?

I hope I did not confuse you after I cut out the whole time till skool started. In Germany we say 'magic spell' to teach children they shall say things like 'please' and 'you are welcome'. For example, if a child wants a cookie, the mother or father (or whoelse) is saying something like this. Then it will get a compliment and the cookie. And if it has a good education one will say 'thank you' (okay, that is clear).

P.S.: I put Mrs. Bitters not just for 'fun' in... I think this a point

both - Dib and his father - should have in common. They are more similar than they seem to be. Although I don´t know anything about the Prof.´s childhood from TV I would say... Dib wants to be recognized, to show anyone he is not 'crazy' at all... and the nearest person who has achieved all Dib wants is... his father. So then... would Dib become like his father after he got what he wanted..? Of course, personality is also important... But in the matter how Membrane treats his son´ is, so I believe, a hint about how his parents treated him. Because I can imagine how hard it is to break through... such things... that the children of violent people don´t become violent, too, and any other example you know...

Okay, I´ll stop here, just let me say once again: many thanks to you all outside there-!

P.P.S.: Sorry for this long A/N. I think I will be able to cut this the next time. But I have to warn you, I am going to write the next chapter, so you have to wait some time.