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"Alright everyone have a nice weekend and remember that your essays are due on Monday!" Ms.Kwan waved goodbye to all her students but stopped one of them as they walked by. "Ellie I need to speak to you about something" "Oh ok" Ellie glanced over at Ashley who was waiting by the door. Ashley walked off and Ellie followed Ms.Kwan to her desk. "Your average is currently a 66." "Yeah..." Ellie knew she was getting bad grades but didn't know they were that bad. "You dropped down 20 points since the first quarter, we're still doing the same type of work and projects I don't know how this happened" Ellie knew exactly how it happened. Too much time at Sean's house making out, not enough time studying. "I'm sorry Ms.Kwan it's just things at home..."
"You should speak to Ms.Suave about any family problems that are keeping you from doing well in school. Now you are passing but I know you can do better then this" "I'll talk to Ms.Suave later...but your not calling my mom about this are you?" "No- I'm sure she got your report card in the mail" Shit. Ellie thought to herself. Report cards were handed out? Oh god. Every year when Ellie's report card was sent home she was praised for her good grades and punished for her bad ones. But ever since her father left for the middle east, her mother forgot the praising part and went straight to yelling.
"May I go now?" "Yes see you Monday" Ellie nodded her head and walked out into the crowded hallway. She spotted Marco and walked over to him frowning. "what's wrong El?" "My English average is a 66 Kwan is mad and my mom is going to kill me" "Ms.Kwan's not mad she's just informing you about your grade hun" Paige said while weakly smiling and putting her hand on Ellie's shoulder. "My average was a 97 this quarter probably because unlike Sean, Spinner isn't holding me back" Paige snickered and shut her locker then waited for a response from Ellie. Ellie shrugged her shoulders. "good for you" Ellie looked back at Marco. "Call me later ok? We need to talk about a lot of things" "Ok El talk to you then" Ellie smiled and left for Mr.Simpson's class.
"I missed a call" Ellie looked at her cellphone, it was her home phone number. "Check your messages" Ashley suggested. "Oh yeah I have one-" Ellie held the phone up to her ear and listened carefully. "ELEANOR NASH YOU GOT A 66 IN ENGLISH, A 61 IN MATH AND A 68 IN SCIENCE? WHAT IS THIS A JOKE? YOUR BREAKING UP WITH THAT BOY SEAN AND STAYING HOME!!" Ellie heard a loud crash in the background then her mother started speaking again. "Fucking no good glass table broke DAMN IT ELLIE LOOK WHAT YOU CAUSE EVERYDAY your a troublemaker!" The message was over. Ellie took in a deep breath and started crying. Ashley stared at Ellie. "what's wrong?" "everything" Ellie snapped the rubber band on her wrist and wiped her eye. "It's ok Ellie..." "No it's not. It's like this all the time something is always wrong. I hate this" The last bell of the day rang and everyone got up to go home. Ellie was not looking forward to seeing her mother.