The rest of my day passed uneventfully in comparison to first period. I was
starting to realize exactly what I had done and I wasn't sure how to act
about it. Loren Ashley Scanlon, cheerleader, "view rat" girlfriend of basketball captain popular guy Andy Watts just hit on no good troublemaker drinks like a fish been arrested a million limes Ace Merrill. But I tried
to put it out of my mind, although the thought still loomed as to how I would tell Jess, Abby and Marianne that we were hanging out with the cobras
Friday night.
That afternoon, I had to skip cheerleading practice. The captains and
coaches were really great about letting my leave early and miss now and again ever since my mom left. They understood that I had to be home for my sisters. I hitched a ride home with Marianne and was there waiting when my sisters got off the school bus. We were home for a little while when Nikki
started complaining that she was hungry.
"Roryyyy make me a snack!" She moaned.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"What mommy always made me! Chocolate milk and peanut butter cookies."
The peanut butter cookie days were over, and the chocolate syrup was all gone so chocolate milk was out. I quieted my hungry sisters with cinnamon toast and a coke. I didn't know what else to make them and I guess sugar
was a good bet. As they ate, Lexie started complaining. "Rory I put my favorite skirt and top in the laundry forever ago and its still not clean! When was the last time you did laundry! I have no clothes left!" She whined through bites of
cinnamon toast. I rolled my eyes and headed to the laundry room where the laundry bin had
overflowed. I threw in a load and started ironing clothes from another pile. I started on laundry and tried to start my homework at the same time
and it was actually going well until I heard "RORYYYYYY!"
I went to see who was complaining about what now. Oh goody homework time had started. Lexie needed someone to read over her history paper and Nikki needed help with spelling words. Oh and by the way they were hungry again. So I started to cook dinner while reading an essay about French culture and
yelling out spelling words to Nikki-none of which she knew. At 5:30, my
father came home from work and walked straight to his bedroom without
acknowledging any of us. Nikki's lip started trembling and she stopped
midway through spelling "University" so I had to drop everything with dinner to console her. It was hard enough on them losing mom and now they
were losing dad.
I managed to quiet Nikki quickly and finish dinner. Dad came down for a plate and took it into his den where he remained for the rest of the night.
My sisters were quiet throughout dinner, chatting here and there about school but thankfully I was saved from all of that when Marianne called. I
enlisted my sisters to do the dishes then had a few precious minutes to actually breathe and be a teenager. I decided now probably wasn't the best time to tell her about Ace considering Mair would be the one to freak out
about it the most.
The break was nice, but I still had homework to do and laundry to finish. I brought my history and calculus work down to the laundry room and attempted
to iron and study simultaneously. It was working for a few minutes when
Nikki came downstairs and wanted help reviewing her times tables. So I scratched the studying and went over 8 times 7 is 56 and all of that good
stuff while I ironed Lexie's favorite outfit. At 9:00 the girls finally went to bed and I had some time to actually get some of my work done. But
knowing my luck, at 9:15, Andy called.
Andy was the LAST person I wanted to talk to right now. I was tired, frustrated, overworked and.oh yeah I had just hit on the guy he had punched
in the parking lot! I sucked it up and talked to him for a while, pretending like absolutely nothing was wrong because it wasn't like he'd ever notice anyway. And if he did notice he wouldn't do anything about it. It would turn into a "Let me come over and console you on the couch" kind
of thing which I really did not need. Finally, at 11:30 the laundry was done, the homework was done, the kitchen was cleaned and I was ready to take a shower and go to bed. I climbed into my bed and lay there for a while, thinking about mom. I couldn't imagine
ever just dropping everything and leaving my life behind just to try something new. I couldn't ever hurt someone like she hurt me and my sisters and probably most of all-my father. But then, I thought, what am I doing flirting with Ace Merrill? I'm just using him as a release, a way to get out my frustrations and maybe have a few laughs, and it seems like I don't even care who it affects. Oh well. Maybe I deserve it. Maybe I've busted my ass trying to fill mom's shoes this past little bit when I should be trying
to be a kid. Maybe I deserve to be selfish this once.
about it. Loren Ashley Scanlon, cheerleader, "view rat" girlfriend of basketball captain popular guy Andy Watts just hit on no good troublemaker drinks like a fish been arrested a million limes Ace Merrill. But I tried
to put it out of my mind, although the thought still loomed as to how I would tell Jess, Abby and Marianne that we were hanging out with the cobras
Friday night.
That afternoon, I had to skip cheerleading practice. The captains and
coaches were really great about letting my leave early and miss now and again ever since my mom left. They understood that I had to be home for my sisters. I hitched a ride home with Marianne and was there waiting when my sisters got off the school bus. We were home for a little while when Nikki
started complaining that she was hungry.
"Roryyyy make me a snack!" She moaned.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"What mommy always made me! Chocolate milk and peanut butter cookies."
The peanut butter cookie days were over, and the chocolate syrup was all gone so chocolate milk was out. I quieted my hungry sisters with cinnamon toast and a coke. I didn't know what else to make them and I guess sugar
was a good bet. As they ate, Lexie started complaining. "Rory I put my favorite skirt and top in the laundry forever ago and its still not clean! When was the last time you did laundry! I have no clothes left!" She whined through bites of
cinnamon toast. I rolled my eyes and headed to the laundry room where the laundry bin had
overflowed. I threw in a load and started ironing clothes from another pile. I started on laundry and tried to start my homework at the same time
and it was actually going well until I heard "RORYYYYYY!"
I went to see who was complaining about what now. Oh goody homework time had started. Lexie needed someone to read over her history paper and Nikki needed help with spelling words. Oh and by the way they were hungry again. So I started to cook dinner while reading an essay about French culture and
yelling out spelling words to Nikki-none of which she knew. At 5:30, my
father came home from work and walked straight to his bedroom without
acknowledging any of us. Nikki's lip started trembling and she stopped
midway through spelling "University" so I had to drop everything with dinner to console her. It was hard enough on them losing mom and now they
were losing dad.
I managed to quiet Nikki quickly and finish dinner. Dad came down for a plate and took it into his den where he remained for the rest of the night.
My sisters were quiet throughout dinner, chatting here and there about school but thankfully I was saved from all of that when Marianne called. I
enlisted my sisters to do the dishes then had a few precious minutes to actually breathe and be a teenager. I decided now probably wasn't the best time to tell her about Ace considering Mair would be the one to freak out
about it the most.
The break was nice, but I still had homework to do and laundry to finish. I brought my history and calculus work down to the laundry room and attempted
to iron and study simultaneously. It was working for a few minutes when
Nikki came downstairs and wanted help reviewing her times tables. So I scratched the studying and went over 8 times 7 is 56 and all of that good
stuff while I ironed Lexie's favorite outfit. At 9:00 the girls finally went to bed and I had some time to actually get some of my work done. But
knowing my luck, at 9:15, Andy called.
Andy was the LAST person I wanted to talk to right now. I was tired, frustrated, overworked and.oh yeah I had just hit on the guy he had punched
in the parking lot! I sucked it up and talked to him for a while, pretending like absolutely nothing was wrong because it wasn't like he'd ever notice anyway. And if he did notice he wouldn't do anything about it. It would turn into a "Let me come over and console you on the couch" kind
of thing which I really did not need. Finally, at 11:30 the laundry was done, the homework was done, the kitchen was cleaned and I was ready to take a shower and go to bed. I climbed into my bed and lay there for a while, thinking about mom. I couldn't imagine
ever just dropping everything and leaving my life behind just to try something new. I couldn't ever hurt someone like she hurt me and my sisters and probably most of all-my father. But then, I thought, what am I doing flirting with Ace Merrill? I'm just using him as a release, a way to get out my frustrations and maybe have a few laughs, and it seems like I don't even care who it affects. Oh well. Maybe I deserve it. Maybe I've busted my ass trying to fill mom's shoes this past little bit when I should be trying
to be a kid. Maybe I deserve to be selfish this once.