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I mindlessly ran my thumb over Mom's stitches right above her hip bone. My head rested against her chest and she tightly held my wrist. "It's okay, Talyor. It's not your fault. We're finally going home." she smiled, stroking my arm.
:Flashback:
"There are no complications." Dr. Johnson said simply, continuing to sew Mom's cut back together. "Looks like you're going home this afternoon. He smiled seeing my mother's face light up. "Just take it easy for a while."
My mom squeezed my arm. I winced seeing the needle weave in and out of Mom's smooth skin.
"Finished." Dr. Johnson smiled inwardly, taking off his spectacles.
"Do... you guys think you can tell me what happened now? I mean... it's been weeks. And I need to know what's going on." I asked cautiously. My mother's eyes shifted from Dr. Johnson to me. Then back again.
"I'll leave this one to you, Ms. McKessie." he bowed slightly. "Have a nice afternoon." and he left.
"You can tell me." I squeezed her hand, helping her sit up. She held her newly stitched hip and winced in pain. "It won't disturb me or anything."
"When you left early for school that one morning, you know Latrelle from across the street..."
Whodidn't know Latrelle? She could be found at two in the morning playing loud degrading music, smoking, and drinking on her front step, totally disturbing the peace, and accusing people of 'getting in her business'.
"What did she do to you?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.
"I had called the police the night before. Her brother had gotten arrested that afternoon. Taylor... she could've done a lot worse... imagine of that blade had gone just a little bit deeper or..." Mom looked panicked.
"Blade?" my eyes widened. I didn't want to hear anymore. "This is all my fault." my voice trembled. "If I hadn't left early for a Decathalon meeting..."
"Don't you even finish that sentence." she said firmly, frowning at me. She shook with anger, standing up. "Help me pack."
:End Flashback:
But there was still a part of me that did want to complete that sentence. If I hadn't left early for that Decathalon meeting...
"It's okay." Mom wiped a tear away from my cheek. I hadn't realized that I was sobbing into her chest. "We're going to start over."
I made it back to school in time for lunch. I silently sat down at the table with Gabriella and Sharpay. "Hey, guys."I said perkily.
Sharpay slowly reached across the table, taking my hand. "You don't have to act strong, Taylor." she slowly nodded, pouting.
I laughed. "It's okay, Shar, my mom's at home now." I reassured her.
"Chad's really worried about you, Taylor. He told me you're all he's been thinking about lately." she looked across the cafeteria to where he wassitting withTroy. They looked back to me simultaneously and waved, I turned away.
"Well, you can tell him that's he's got nothing to worrry about." I lied. "Because everything's going just perfect." I found myself snapping out the last two words.
"Can... I walk you home?" Chad came behind me, taking my hand. "I've never seen your house before." he shrugged. And that was the way I wanted to keep it. Him seeing where I lived would link to everything else that was going on. And when he found out he would turn his back on me too.
"I'm stopping at Gabriella's house." I lied. "So what's the point?"
"Really?" he crinkled his eyebrows together and smirked. "She told me she had a job interview this afternoon. She's on her way there right now."
I tore my hand away from his. "Just lay off, Chad!" I found myself yelling. "You act like you have to know everything about me! I said I don't want you to walk me home, so don't. Simple logic." I shook my head. And before I noticed Chad's face falling, I stormed down the hallway to the exit, mixing in with the rest of the student body.
It was all my fault.
Everything was turning into my fault.
And I still hadn't told Mom that Dad came back.
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