**Author note** I do not own any of the 7th heaven characters. I just use
them for entertainment.
Grief by: Shirleyfan16
It is early in the morning and the kids are all trying to get into the bathroom before they leave for school. Annie is helping Ruthie get dressed and Eric is downstairs in the kitchen having his morning coffee.
"What is wrong with her! She acts like she never gets to use the bathroom and that if she doesn't look perfect no one will like her." Mary complains to Matt as she is standing outside of the bathroom waiting for Lucy to come out.
"Mary stop complaining about Lucy because I know you could care less of how long she stays in the bathroom. Your just trying to hide your anger about not having a date for the dance next Friday." He looks at Mary trying to get her to agree. She looks away then a few seconds later looks back at him with fierce anger in her eyes.
"How dare you say what I'm feeling right now! You don't have a clue of what I'm feeling because you are not me! And even if I am bummed out that I don't have a date I don't think it is of your concern to tell me to deal with it and stop complaining. Well I'm not complaining about the dance I'm complaining about Lucy! How can you get complaining about Lucy mixed up with complaining about me not having a date? Ugh!" She screamed at Matt and then walked straight into her bedroom and slammed the door. Matt was laughing because she was being such a drama queen.
"What is going on out here?" Annie asked Matt. Apparently Annie heard Mary yelling at Matt.
Matt trying hard not to laugh tried to explain what happened. "Well, um..." He started to laugh and quickly stopped. "Mary was complaining about Lucy hogging the bathroom and..." Annie interrupted him.
"Since when does Mary care about Lucy hogging the bathroom?"
"Since she doesn't have a date for the dance next Friday and is trying to hide behind her anger by complaining about something else and I guess she decided the easiest thing to complain about was Lucy." He held in his laughter too long and it just burst out.
"Now I can see why you find this situation so funny Matt." Annie started giggling a little. Then Lucy burst open the bathroom door.
"Since when is it a good idea to complain about me? Huh?" She asked with demand.
"Matt this is your time to explain I got to get back to Ruthie." She patted Lucy on the head and smiled at Matt and walked back into Ruthie and Simon's bedroom.
"So..." Lucy was waiting for an explanation from Matt.
"I'll tell you later what's going on right now I got to get you and everyone else to school. Go get Mary and tell her we are leaving."
"Why don't you?" Lucy asked.
"Because she's mad at me and I don't want her to bite my head off again."
"Why is she mad at you?"
"I said I would tell you later now go you don't want to be late now do you!" Matt said to Lucy. Lucy sighed and ran to get Mary. Matt walked down the stairs and grabbed his lunch.
"Good-morning son." Eric said to Matt.
"Morning Dad"
"What was going on up there between you and Mary? I heard you two arguing."
"Well it was more like Mary arguing I was just talking. She is in a bad mood because she doesn't have a date for the dance next Friday and she is hiding behind her anger by complaining about Lucy. I basically told her to get over it and she flipped and now she's mad at me."
" Do you want me to talk to her about it so she doesn't feel so left out that she doesn't have a date yet?"
"Sure why not. It's not like I can get that threw her head. . . . . . Lucy, Mary lets go!"
"Ok I'll talk to her when I get home from work tonight."
"Sure thing Dad." The kids ran down the stairs grabbed their lunch and hugged and kissed Eric good-bye. They had already said good-bye to Annie upstairs earlier. Eric tried to hug Matt but, he backed away.
"Dad I'm too old for that."
"Oh. . . . . sorry . . . . right."
"Bye Dad"
"Good-bye! Have a nice day at school kids!"
"We will!" They all yelled back to him as they were exiting the door.
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At the high school were Mary, Matt, and Lucy go to school Mary is at her locker talking to some of her friends.
"Don't worry Mary someone will ask you." Said Mary's friend Hannah.
"I hope so if not I'll probably be the only girl in the 10th grade that doesn't have a date. I'll be a total loser." She said while shutting her locker. She turned around and saw Matt walking towards her.
"Mary can I speak to you for a minute?" Matt asked.
"Go ahead." She replied
"I mean alone."
"Ok, fine." Mary and Matt walked across the hall to a more private place away from her friends.
"Since when do you Mary Camden my sister, care about whether or not she has a date to a dance or being a uncool?"
"Since now I guess. I don't know."
"Mary I know something or someone made you think that you have to be cool or have to have a date to the dance. I'm telling you right now don't listen to them. It's not worth it. I'll see you after school I'm going to be late for my next class if I don't get going." Matt started to run to his next class while Mary's head was against the set of lockers thinking of Matt said.
"Maybe he's right. Maybe I don't need a date to the dance or care if I'm not what someone else wants me to be. Then again if I don't my friends will ditch me and I won't have any more friends. Maybe he's wrong. Maybe he's just trying to make me have a horrible social life." Mary came back to reality when the bell for the next class rang. She was late. She knew she had to go to the office once again for a hall pass for being late. She knew that once she got home she would be in deep trouble with her parents because she is always late for one class or another. She tried not to think about it and went to the office to get on with her day.
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After school Matt was waiting in the car for Mary and Lucy. Soon enough Lucy came and sat in the back seat of the car.
"Where's Mary?" Matt asked Lucy.
"I don't know. I'm not her keeper. Wait...should I know? Did I forget to do something?" She said while panicking.
"Calm down Luce, you didn't forget anything. I just wanted to know if you have seen her on your way out. She's taking an awful long time to get to the car."
"Are you sure I didn't forget anything? Because if I did I'm very sorry. I don't know where she is I haven't seen her today accept at lunch." She said with panic in her voice.
"Luce stop you didn't forget to do anything. I promise." Matt tried to comfort her. "She must of had a bad day." He thought to himself. "Luce did something go wrong in school today?" He asked curiously but trying not to pry too much to make her upset since her friend Sara died a few weeks ago.
"Of course something went wrong something always goes wrong."
"Would you like to tell me about it?"
"Well, I don't think you would want to hear about it because I know I talk too much and complain too much. You have much better things to do than to listen to me go on and on about something you wouldn't care about."
"I've got time on my hands right now Luce take the offer while it lasts and for the record I care."
"I flunked my Algebra test and to make it worse I have to get it signed by Mom and Dad. Also, this is the third test I have flunked in that class and I might be in the danger of failing that class. If I don't pass my next test I'm going to be in deep trouble and defiantly be grounded forever."
"Have you ever thought about studying a little harder or getting help from the teacher? Or even a tutor. I'm sure Mom and Dad aren't going to ground you for trying your best in that class."
"I did get help from the teacher and I have been spending all of my time studying. I don't have a tutor because I didn't want Mom and Dad to know that I am having trouble in Algebra class and we can't afford a tutor. And I really hope they don't ground me. . . . I have a brilliant idea. . . ." She paused and smiled at Matt. Matt got the picture.
"No . . . Luce no I'm not signing that test for you. We would both get in trouble if someone found out so no."
"Come on Matt, please."
"No Lucy. I promise you Mom and Dad won't ground you. Right away that is." The door to the car opened. It was Mary. She had a grim expression on her face. "What's wrong with you?" Mary sighed and handed him a white slip of paper signed by the principal. "A detention slip?" He paused for a second and read the rest. "For being late for class."
"Haha your in worse trouble than me!" Lucy snickered. Mary looked at her and rolled her eyes.
"What are in for?" She asked.
"Flunking an Algebra test and I have to get it signed by Mom and Dad."
"Nice."
"Ok you know what Luce and Mary we are going to talk about all of this when we get home. Mom is probably wondering where we are."
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Meanwhile in the car the girls were as silent as can be. Lucy was thinking about how to explain to Annie and Eric how she has been flunking her Algebra tests and Mary was thinking of how much trouble she was going to get into for getting detention. Matt was furious with his two sisters. He had thought that they would know better than to get into this kind of trouble. He knew it wasn't that big of deal but to his parents it would be. He decided that after they talk to Eric and Annie he would talk with them both each separately. When they got home Annie was at the kitchen table watching Ruthie color in her coloring books. Matt, Mary, and Lucy walked in the door.
"Hi Mom!" Said Mary and Lucy and started to walk away like nothing had happened in school.
"Hold up girls. Wouldn't you like to tell Mom how school was today and if anything happened?" Matt grabbed both of them by the neck of their shirts to bring them back so they could explain to Annie what happened to them in school.
"Yes, girls tell me how was school?" Annie said smiling at the them. Mary handed Annie the detention slip and Lucy handed her the Algebra test. Ruthie was sitting across the table from Annie and when she saw the look on both Lucy and Mary's face she started to laugh. She knew they were in some kind of trouble.
"Mary a detention slip for being late to class? And Lucy you flunked an Algebra test? Mary I want to speak to you first and Lucy you can go up to your room and maybe think about what your going to say to me when I'm finished with Mary. You two will both talk to your Father when he gets home." You could tell that she was very disappointed in Mary and Lucy. She didn't think it would be fair for Lucy to listen in on Mary and her conversation and the same way with Mary so she sent Lucy to her room. Lucy nodded her head and walked up the stairs Matt and Ruthie behind her.
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Meanwhile upstairs Simon was up in his bedroom already doing his homework. He heard three sets of footsteps go past his door. He could recognize them. First light but not too light sound of footsteps, that was Lucy. Seconded heavy but not overwhelmingly heavy, that was Matt. Then last but not least was very soft and light footsteps, that was no doubt in his mind that they were Ruthie's. The footsteps all went to the same place to Mary and Lucy's bedroom. He was curious at was going on so he decided to go and investigate.
"Come on Happy lets go find out what's going on up here." Said Simon to Happy who was laying on his bed. Happy gets up and follows Simon out into the hallway.
"Ruthie go back to your room." Said Matt.
"Why? I'm not in anyone's way." Said Ruthie with a heart warming smile on her face.
"That smile isn't going to fool me Ruthie so please go back to your room. Look there's Simon he'll go play with you. Isn't that right Simon?" Matt said winking his eye at Simon trying to tell him to take Ruthie away from Mary and Lucy's bedroom.
"Yeah sure whatever. Come on Ruthie lets go." Said Simon with a disappointed look on his face.
"Simon, look I'll talk to you later." Matt said because he could see that he hadn't a clue what was going on and he wanted to be a part of it.
"Yeah, ok. Come on Ruthie."
Lucy was already in her room sitting on her bed with her Algebra book and notes spread across it. She figured she had nothing else better to do and that she really needed to bring up her grade in that class so she decided to study as much as she can. She heard a knock on the door and knew it is was Matt.
"Come in." She said while trying to sort out all of her Algebra notes from the past few weeks.
"Luce, we need to talk." Matt said as he came into the room closing the door behind him.
"What's there to talk about? You said that I needed to study harder and get help from the teacher and get a tutor. Well I have two of those things. I'm studying and I get help from the teacher. End of discussion."
"No, Luce it's not over. Have you ever stopped to think that it's not working? Something is not right for you doing extra work and not doing any better in the class."
"I know it's not working that is why I'm studying even harder and longer and getting help from the teacher as much as I can. Please Matt, go away I need to study."
"How long has this been going on?"
"What?"
"How long have you been getting help from the teacher and trying to study as much as you can?"
"Maybe about a month."
"Luce, it's not working. It isn't going to work. You studying and getting help from the teacher as much as you can isn't working and it's not going to work. There is too much pressure and stress that is why it isn't working. You need to cut down a little on it Luce. You can't concentrate very well and sooner or later you are going to end up flunking another class and then another and finally all of them. You will be going out of your mind trying to think of a way to fix it all. You have to take it easy and slowly so you won't get overwhelmed with so much work which causes stress and also thinking about what Mom and Dad will say which causes pressure."
"What do you mean by I can't concentrate? And besides I don't care what you say about it. I need to study or I'm going to fail Mom and Dads expectations and dreams for me and I'm never going to get into College or get a decent job everything is going to be ruined, ruined, ruined if I don't! Now get out! Please." Lucy started to cry. She didn't want to fail her parents or her own dreams. She quickly wiped her tears away for she didn't want to been crying. She wanted to be perfect in every way possible. She didn't like being thought of as a no good daughter who can't even pass a simple Math class and who won't go anywhere in her life because she is stupid. She was also very angry and sad that her friend Sara had just died she still wasn't over it. And she still had in the back of her mind that it was still her fault she tried to listen to other people telling her that it wasn't but it just couldn't get into her mind.
Matt tried to comfort her by hugging her, but she pushed him away.
"Go away! Leave me alone!" She screamed at him and pushed him away as she let her tears roll down her face.
"I'm not going away and I'm not going to leave you alone!" Matt said back to her. She picked up her book and threw on the floor as hard as she could. Then she stood up and opened the door. "I said get out! Now!"
Matt continuously tried to calm her down, but she kept pushing him away. Annie heard her baby's cry and she ran to her bedroom as fast as she could with Mary following.
"What's going on?" Annie asked concerned as she looked at Lucy's redden face with tears strolling down. She tried to put her hands on her shoulders, but she also pushed her away.
"Can't you just leave me alone?"
"Luce, we can't leave alone! Tell me what's wrong." Annie said to her as she tried again to comfort he daughter.
"Everything is wrong! Everything!" She broke down and slammed the door behind her and laid on her bed and cried. Annie rushed in and held her daughter in her arms. This time she didn't pushed away. She was a little bit glad that her mother was there to comfort her. She cried and cried until she fell asleep from being so exhausted from crying. Thinking about all of that stuff can get frustrating and emotional especially for a sensitive person who doesn't like to let anyone down like Lucy. Annie made sure she was comfortable so she wouldn't wake up. She cleaned all of her notes and her book from the bed and placed them on the floor. Then he took a blanket and put over top of Lucy and kissed her on her forehead and left the room.
Grief by: Shirleyfan16
It is early in the morning and the kids are all trying to get into the bathroom before they leave for school. Annie is helping Ruthie get dressed and Eric is downstairs in the kitchen having his morning coffee.
"What is wrong with her! She acts like she never gets to use the bathroom and that if she doesn't look perfect no one will like her." Mary complains to Matt as she is standing outside of the bathroom waiting for Lucy to come out.
"Mary stop complaining about Lucy because I know you could care less of how long she stays in the bathroom. Your just trying to hide your anger about not having a date for the dance next Friday." He looks at Mary trying to get her to agree. She looks away then a few seconds later looks back at him with fierce anger in her eyes.
"How dare you say what I'm feeling right now! You don't have a clue of what I'm feeling because you are not me! And even if I am bummed out that I don't have a date I don't think it is of your concern to tell me to deal with it and stop complaining. Well I'm not complaining about the dance I'm complaining about Lucy! How can you get complaining about Lucy mixed up with complaining about me not having a date? Ugh!" She screamed at Matt and then walked straight into her bedroom and slammed the door. Matt was laughing because she was being such a drama queen.
"What is going on out here?" Annie asked Matt. Apparently Annie heard Mary yelling at Matt.
Matt trying hard not to laugh tried to explain what happened. "Well, um..." He started to laugh and quickly stopped. "Mary was complaining about Lucy hogging the bathroom and..." Annie interrupted him.
"Since when does Mary care about Lucy hogging the bathroom?"
"Since she doesn't have a date for the dance next Friday and is trying to hide behind her anger by complaining about something else and I guess she decided the easiest thing to complain about was Lucy." He held in his laughter too long and it just burst out.
"Now I can see why you find this situation so funny Matt." Annie started giggling a little. Then Lucy burst open the bathroom door.
"Since when is it a good idea to complain about me? Huh?" She asked with demand.
"Matt this is your time to explain I got to get back to Ruthie." She patted Lucy on the head and smiled at Matt and walked back into Ruthie and Simon's bedroom.
"So..." Lucy was waiting for an explanation from Matt.
"I'll tell you later what's going on right now I got to get you and everyone else to school. Go get Mary and tell her we are leaving."
"Why don't you?" Lucy asked.
"Because she's mad at me and I don't want her to bite my head off again."
"Why is she mad at you?"
"I said I would tell you later now go you don't want to be late now do you!" Matt said to Lucy. Lucy sighed and ran to get Mary. Matt walked down the stairs and grabbed his lunch.
"Good-morning son." Eric said to Matt.
"Morning Dad"
"What was going on up there between you and Mary? I heard you two arguing."
"Well it was more like Mary arguing I was just talking. She is in a bad mood because she doesn't have a date for the dance next Friday and she is hiding behind her anger by complaining about Lucy. I basically told her to get over it and she flipped and now she's mad at me."
" Do you want me to talk to her about it so she doesn't feel so left out that she doesn't have a date yet?"
"Sure why not. It's not like I can get that threw her head. . . . . . Lucy, Mary lets go!"
"Ok I'll talk to her when I get home from work tonight."
"Sure thing Dad." The kids ran down the stairs grabbed their lunch and hugged and kissed Eric good-bye. They had already said good-bye to Annie upstairs earlier. Eric tried to hug Matt but, he backed away.
"Dad I'm too old for that."
"Oh. . . . . sorry . . . . right."
"Bye Dad"
"Good-bye! Have a nice day at school kids!"
"We will!" They all yelled back to him as they were exiting the door.
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At the high school were Mary, Matt, and Lucy go to school Mary is at her locker talking to some of her friends.
"Don't worry Mary someone will ask you." Said Mary's friend Hannah.
"I hope so if not I'll probably be the only girl in the 10th grade that doesn't have a date. I'll be a total loser." She said while shutting her locker. She turned around and saw Matt walking towards her.
"Mary can I speak to you for a minute?" Matt asked.
"Go ahead." She replied
"I mean alone."
"Ok, fine." Mary and Matt walked across the hall to a more private place away from her friends.
"Since when do you Mary Camden my sister, care about whether or not she has a date to a dance or being a uncool?"
"Since now I guess. I don't know."
"Mary I know something or someone made you think that you have to be cool or have to have a date to the dance. I'm telling you right now don't listen to them. It's not worth it. I'll see you after school I'm going to be late for my next class if I don't get going." Matt started to run to his next class while Mary's head was against the set of lockers thinking of Matt said.
"Maybe he's right. Maybe I don't need a date to the dance or care if I'm not what someone else wants me to be. Then again if I don't my friends will ditch me and I won't have any more friends. Maybe he's wrong. Maybe he's just trying to make me have a horrible social life." Mary came back to reality when the bell for the next class rang. She was late. She knew she had to go to the office once again for a hall pass for being late. She knew that once she got home she would be in deep trouble with her parents because she is always late for one class or another. She tried not to think about it and went to the office to get on with her day.
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After school Matt was waiting in the car for Mary and Lucy. Soon enough Lucy came and sat in the back seat of the car.
"Where's Mary?" Matt asked Lucy.
"I don't know. I'm not her keeper. Wait...should I know? Did I forget to do something?" She said while panicking.
"Calm down Luce, you didn't forget anything. I just wanted to know if you have seen her on your way out. She's taking an awful long time to get to the car."
"Are you sure I didn't forget anything? Because if I did I'm very sorry. I don't know where she is I haven't seen her today accept at lunch." She said with panic in her voice.
"Luce stop you didn't forget to do anything. I promise." Matt tried to comfort her. "She must of had a bad day." He thought to himself. "Luce did something go wrong in school today?" He asked curiously but trying not to pry too much to make her upset since her friend Sara died a few weeks ago.
"Of course something went wrong something always goes wrong."
"Would you like to tell me about it?"
"Well, I don't think you would want to hear about it because I know I talk too much and complain too much. You have much better things to do than to listen to me go on and on about something you wouldn't care about."
"I've got time on my hands right now Luce take the offer while it lasts and for the record I care."
"I flunked my Algebra test and to make it worse I have to get it signed by Mom and Dad. Also, this is the third test I have flunked in that class and I might be in the danger of failing that class. If I don't pass my next test I'm going to be in deep trouble and defiantly be grounded forever."
"Have you ever thought about studying a little harder or getting help from the teacher? Or even a tutor. I'm sure Mom and Dad aren't going to ground you for trying your best in that class."
"I did get help from the teacher and I have been spending all of my time studying. I don't have a tutor because I didn't want Mom and Dad to know that I am having trouble in Algebra class and we can't afford a tutor. And I really hope they don't ground me. . . . I have a brilliant idea. . . ." She paused and smiled at Matt. Matt got the picture.
"No . . . Luce no I'm not signing that test for you. We would both get in trouble if someone found out so no."
"Come on Matt, please."
"No Lucy. I promise you Mom and Dad won't ground you. Right away that is." The door to the car opened. It was Mary. She had a grim expression on her face. "What's wrong with you?" Mary sighed and handed him a white slip of paper signed by the principal. "A detention slip?" He paused for a second and read the rest. "For being late for class."
"Haha your in worse trouble than me!" Lucy snickered. Mary looked at her and rolled her eyes.
"What are in for?" She asked.
"Flunking an Algebra test and I have to get it signed by Mom and Dad."
"Nice."
"Ok you know what Luce and Mary we are going to talk about all of this when we get home. Mom is probably wondering where we are."
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Meanwhile in the car the girls were as silent as can be. Lucy was thinking about how to explain to Annie and Eric how she has been flunking her Algebra tests and Mary was thinking of how much trouble she was going to get into for getting detention. Matt was furious with his two sisters. He had thought that they would know better than to get into this kind of trouble. He knew it wasn't that big of deal but to his parents it would be. He decided that after they talk to Eric and Annie he would talk with them both each separately. When they got home Annie was at the kitchen table watching Ruthie color in her coloring books. Matt, Mary, and Lucy walked in the door.
"Hi Mom!" Said Mary and Lucy and started to walk away like nothing had happened in school.
"Hold up girls. Wouldn't you like to tell Mom how school was today and if anything happened?" Matt grabbed both of them by the neck of their shirts to bring them back so they could explain to Annie what happened to them in school.
"Yes, girls tell me how was school?" Annie said smiling at the them. Mary handed Annie the detention slip and Lucy handed her the Algebra test. Ruthie was sitting across the table from Annie and when she saw the look on both Lucy and Mary's face she started to laugh. She knew they were in some kind of trouble.
"Mary a detention slip for being late to class? And Lucy you flunked an Algebra test? Mary I want to speak to you first and Lucy you can go up to your room and maybe think about what your going to say to me when I'm finished with Mary. You two will both talk to your Father when he gets home." You could tell that she was very disappointed in Mary and Lucy. She didn't think it would be fair for Lucy to listen in on Mary and her conversation and the same way with Mary so she sent Lucy to her room. Lucy nodded her head and walked up the stairs Matt and Ruthie behind her.
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Meanwhile upstairs Simon was up in his bedroom already doing his homework. He heard three sets of footsteps go past his door. He could recognize them. First light but not too light sound of footsteps, that was Lucy. Seconded heavy but not overwhelmingly heavy, that was Matt. Then last but not least was very soft and light footsteps, that was no doubt in his mind that they were Ruthie's. The footsteps all went to the same place to Mary and Lucy's bedroom. He was curious at was going on so he decided to go and investigate.
"Come on Happy lets go find out what's going on up here." Said Simon to Happy who was laying on his bed. Happy gets up and follows Simon out into the hallway.
"Ruthie go back to your room." Said Matt.
"Why? I'm not in anyone's way." Said Ruthie with a heart warming smile on her face.
"That smile isn't going to fool me Ruthie so please go back to your room. Look there's Simon he'll go play with you. Isn't that right Simon?" Matt said winking his eye at Simon trying to tell him to take Ruthie away from Mary and Lucy's bedroom.
"Yeah sure whatever. Come on Ruthie lets go." Said Simon with a disappointed look on his face.
"Simon, look I'll talk to you later." Matt said because he could see that he hadn't a clue what was going on and he wanted to be a part of it.
"Yeah, ok. Come on Ruthie."
Lucy was already in her room sitting on her bed with her Algebra book and notes spread across it. She figured she had nothing else better to do and that she really needed to bring up her grade in that class so she decided to study as much as she can. She heard a knock on the door and knew it is was Matt.
"Come in." She said while trying to sort out all of her Algebra notes from the past few weeks.
"Luce, we need to talk." Matt said as he came into the room closing the door behind him.
"What's there to talk about? You said that I needed to study harder and get help from the teacher and get a tutor. Well I have two of those things. I'm studying and I get help from the teacher. End of discussion."
"No, Luce it's not over. Have you ever stopped to think that it's not working? Something is not right for you doing extra work and not doing any better in the class."
"I know it's not working that is why I'm studying even harder and longer and getting help from the teacher as much as I can. Please Matt, go away I need to study."
"How long has this been going on?"
"What?"
"How long have you been getting help from the teacher and trying to study as much as you can?"
"Maybe about a month."
"Luce, it's not working. It isn't going to work. You studying and getting help from the teacher as much as you can isn't working and it's not going to work. There is too much pressure and stress that is why it isn't working. You need to cut down a little on it Luce. You can't concentrate very well and sooner or later you are going to end up flunking another class and then another and finally all of them. You will be going out of your mind trying to think of a way to fix it all. You have to take it easy and slowly so you won't get overwhelmed with so much work which causes stress and also thinking about what Mom and Dad will say which causes pressure."
"What do you mean by I can't concentrate? And besides I don't care what you say about it. I need to study or I'm going to fail Mom and Dads expectations and dreams for me and I'm never going to get into College or get a decent job everything is going to be ruined, ruined, ruined if I don't! Now get out! Please." Lucy started to cry. She didn't want to fail her parents or her own dreams. She quickly wiped her tears away for she didn't want to been crying. She wanted to be perfect in every way possible. She didn't like being thought of as a no good daughter who can't even pass a simple Math class and who won't go anywhere in her life because she is stupid. She was also very angry and sad that her friend Sara had just died she still wasn't over it. And she still had in the back of her mind that it was still her fault she tried to listen to other people telling her that it wasn't but it just couldn't get into her mind.
Matt tried to comfort her by hugging her, but she pushed him away.
"Go away! Leave me alone!" She screamed at him and pushed him away as she let her tears roll down her face.
"I'm not going away and I'm not going to leave you alone!" Matt said back to her. She picked up her book and threw on the floor as hard as she could. Then she stood up and opened the door. "I said get out! Now!"
Matt continuously tried to calm her down, but she kept pushing him away. Annie heard her baby's cry and she ran to her bedroom as fast as she could with Mary following.
"What's going on?" Annie asked concerned as she looked at Lucy's redden face with tears strolling down. She tried to put her hands on her shoulders, but she also pushed her away.
"Can't you just leave me alone?"
"Luce, we can't leave alone! Tell me what's wrong." Annie said to her as she tried again to comfort he daughter.
"Everything is wrong! Everything!" She broke down and slammed the door behind her and laid on her bed and cried. Annie rushed in and held her daughter in her arms. This time she didn't pushed away. She was a little bit glad that her mother was there to comfort her. She cried and cried until she fell asleep from being so exhausted from crying. Thinking about all of that stuff can get frustrating and emotional especially for a sensitive person who doesn't like to let anyone down like Lucy. Annie made sure she was comfortable so she wouldn't wake up. She cleaned all of her notes and her book from the bed and placed them on the floor. Then he took a blanket and put over top of Lucy and kissed her on her forehead and left the room.