AN: Hey guys, i'm back with a new update, I worked really hard on this and hope you like it! 33
...Is there an text emoji for puking? Cause who else feels like puking after all that happy go lucky opening authors note... I sure do
This chapter suyiuyks (as per usual) dont read ittt unless you want to drink bleach to forget ittt. Literally nothing happens and ALSO it sucks, wait did I already say that?
I wake up with a jolt and for a moment I forget where I am. I check the time on my phone, damn I overslept last period is almost over. I have this period with Caleb and there is no way he won't notice I'm missing. Damn, what should I do?
I consider not caring and allowing the selfless façade fall away but I'm not 18 yet and nowhere near independent, I can't have my parent know. I almost let out a laugh, that was the most selfish thing I've thought, but I can't help the truth.
I push myself off the couch, what am I going to do now. There's no point heading to class. I walk down the halls and pass the office. I continue past the office for a few steps before stopping dead in the centre of the hallway. I've got an idea.
I back pedal to the office and prepare to put on my best 'stiff' impression. I stand outside the glass window and I don't ring the bell.
It takes a few moments but someone notices me. "Honey, have you been waiting there long".
"No, sorry, I didn't want to be a bother" I look down at the floor. "I felt quite faint at lunch and I think I passed out, um I only just woke up" I say shyly.
"Ok come into the sick bay, did you hit your head?" She asks as she guides me into the sickbay.
"No and I feel alright now, I just don't know what to do about class" I answer weakly, which is really annoying, was I really this insecure.
"Oh, don't worry about that I'll mark you down as in sickbay" she said turning to the computer. "Since you had a fall, I'll need to contact your parents"
"No!" I burst out "Um I mean I'm really fine and I don't want them worrying"
She turns back around to face me, sympathy in her eyes. She sighed "I had overly cautious parents too, it's ok I understand" as nice as she is, she has no clue. "So, you didn't fall, you just felt ill and didn't want to burden your class mates if you might have been sick" she smiles at me. Ok maybe she did get it.
"Where you parents sti.."
"They were cautious" she cuts me off a glint in her eyes. I somehow think I found an ally in my school office.
On Friday afternoons my parents work late and earlier today Caleb told me he's helping the teachers after school again. Which works out perfectly for me to construct a lie to allow me to work at Tori's store.
Caleb had got home an hour late, I have changed and begun to clean the house. "Hey Bea, are you home?" Caleb called when he got home.
I stuck my head out of the living room doorway, "I'm just sweeping in here".
He moves to join me in the living room and picks up a duster. "Where were you at lunch and last period?" he asked.
I stop sweeping and take a deep breath, I have to pull this off. "I felt sick at lunch and I went to the sick bay, they kept me over last period".
"Really?" he questioned "Did they call mum and dad?"
I turned to face him "I didn't want to worry them, I really am fine" I said with a placid expression. "How was helping the teachers?" I say suddenly, I say it with innocence but I'm holding it over his head because I know he feels guilty.
"There was a lot to do, I'm glad I could help" He said. Sure Caleb, sure.
It's only another hour before our mother and father arrive home, we have already begun preparing dinner. We sit down to dinner, dinner in our house is very customary. As Caleb and I have not earned our position in society yet we mostly stay quiet.
The food passed to the right and on one eats till everyone is served. Great plain chicken and vegetables… again. "How were your days?" my mother extends the conversation to Caleb and I, a rarity I would have once upon a time relished in.
"Good, I was able to lend a hand to the staff after school and help them move books" My mother smiled at this, good selfless Caleb.
"I got admitted to the sick bay" now I understand how out of character it is to admit this but I need to twist it to my advantage.
"Are you ok?" my father asks cautiously, he's probably trying to determine if I'm saying this for attention or selfish reasons… Well I'm not, at least not in the way he expects.
"I'm fine. I felt ill and didn't want to burden my class mates if I was sick" I began, "while the nurse assisted me, I felt like I could be doing more to help. So, after school today I applied for a job at a local dress store".
"Beatrice" Caleb said quietly chastising me. I didn't like being told off especially from my brother.
I brushed him off and continued "I thought I could use my time after school to make money, help support the family and give the excess to charity." This was the most I'd ever talked at dinner and by the looks on my parents faces I'd certainly shocked them. Maybe my approach was too forward.
My father takes charge "A job Beatrice?" he asked critically. I nodded meekly, it's my mother's expression that surprises me. She has a small smile and almost looks proud.
My mother takes my fathers hand and rubs her thumb over his knuckles, a calming gesture. They rarely show affection like this. Physical touch is powerful and I've been taught to be wary of it.
"My father and I will have to discuss this before we allow this" She said. It gives me a shred of hope.
I stare down at my plate and continue eating it's probably best if I stop with my controversial topics.
I've always been taught not to snoop, but tonight I just can't help it. I quietly sneak out of my room and sit in the hallway outside of my parents' room.
"I think it will be good for her" my mother says. "They're going to have to experience the world one of these days Andrew".
My father's response is to muffled to hear.
"She's doing it with a selfless heart" she reasons.
I sneak back into my room, I will find out tomorrow as for now I need sleep so I don't repeat what happened today.
AN: Lets hope the grammar dosnt suck caus i didnt read over it cause im rebel like that hu SwaG
