The next few days passed by pretty quickly. Tracy mainly focused on her work at school and tried not to get to distracted. It was hard to turn down so many invitations from Evie and her friends to go out to various places. But Tracy had somehow managed.
By the weekend she was practically buried in homework. She decided that she would do all of her homework on Sunday and have some fun on Saturday.
So on Saturday when Tracy woke up she got dressed right away. She wore a green spaghetti strap shirt and black jeans. And as always a plain dark sweater hung loosely around her elbows concealing what lay underneath. The scars that would forever remind her of the pain that she had gone through for the longest time.
Now she was in the kitchen drinking directly from the milk carton and chewing on a chocolate bar. Not the best breakfast but it works for her. The one thing she didn't want to happen that morning was to bump into her mother. All that week she had avoided what could not be avoided forever. Sooner or later she would have to face her again.
Tracy hoped it wouldn't happen for at least another week but she had a feeling she would have a lot of bad luck today. She was right.
A few minutes later Mel walked into the kitchen. She was wearing a lavender colored robe and green slippers. Her hair was soaked; obviously she had just come out of the shower. She opened the top cupboard and pulled out a box of cheerios and poured some into a bowl along with some 1 milk.
Tracy tried not to look directly at her but it was like her mother had some kind of strange force on her. And Tracy couldn't help but glance up for a moment and like she thought Mel was looking directly at her. Tracy looked back down.
'So how is school going?' Mel asked still munching on her cereal.
Tracy didn't say anything. How was she supposed to respond. Well it was obviously going okay but she didn't know how she would be able to continue life normally pretending as if nothing had ever happened. All these thoughts were clearly expressed in the one word she said next.
'Alright'
'Do you have some of your old friends there?'
Tracy immediately thought Evie but she wasn't sure Evie could really be considered a friend. So instead of replying she simply shrugged.
Mel nodded. She understood. It's funny how some mothers and daughters have that kind of relationship. Where there is almost no conversation and yet you completely understand each other.
'Well I'm having a few customers over today…I could really use your help' Mel asked.
Tracy looked up at her mother. She looked tired, sad, angry, aggravated, annoyed, exhausted, and sick but somehow Tracy saw past all that for the first time in a while. She saw a beautiful women whose heart was full of love for her and Mason.
Its common how many little kids always think there mother is the best of all. And they argue for hours trying to find out whose mom is actually the best. But at that moment Tracy was sure even positive that her mother was the best in the world. Even after she had hurt her so bad and broke her heart, Mel still loved her and stuck by her. She was defiantly the best mom ever. No argument needed.
And with that Tracy smiled and said 'I'd love to!'
I'm so sorry I haven't updated for so long but I've been really busy. Well I hope you liked this chapter and I'll update again when I have some time. Until then I hope to receive some more reviews good or bad they are all welcome…much love - stephanie