ABOVE THE INFLUENCE
Week 2
7:31 A.M
"Wake up Southside Queens. It's 7:31 and it's going to be the coldest day we've had so far of a temperature of 22 degrees. So keep warm, ice your cars, and-" My hand swats the radio. I roll over on to my belly, and pull the covers over my head. I have an extraordinarily unpleasant feeling, that today is going to be a bad day, which wasn't even half way over.
"Gwen? You going to school today?" Mamma comes in, and pulls the covers down. "You feeling all right?"
"Yeah I am. Just a slow start." That is such a lie. A flu was beginning to take over, and my ankle was still a little swollen when I fell on it from jumping into my bed last night.
"Ok then. Just remember dress warmly. I'll pick you up after school." I look up at her. Question on my face.
"What's with the sudden change? You usually pick up Trevor and I at his school." Sitting on my bed Mamma runs a hand through my hair, and begins tying it up in a ponytail. "You know how I told you not to have favorites?" She tightens her grip. "Hand me your scarf, I'll put it in your hair."
"He's been adopted." I glimpse down at my hands.
"Nice people. Have three little girls. They are rather wealthy, so he will be better off." She gives me her weakest smile.
"When did he leave?"
"This morning. Around six. His new parents said that he shouldn't say goodbye, because it might take him longer to settle in."
"Oh." I get up out of the bed, forcing Mamma off. A tear falls from her eyes as she gives me a bear hug.
"I'll let you get dressed." I barely take anytime, because I want to leave as soon as possible from my little world. I throw on some black baggie board pants, place a blue wrap around sweater over my tang top, then my gray sweat shirt. I grab my ski hat and overcoat, and head toward school.