None of that compared to my first night at my grandmother's house. Within the first half an hour of listening to her rant about how a girl my age shouldn't be so careless as to have unprotected sex, I faked that I was tired and went to bed early . I missed home already. But there was no turning back now. I did finally fall asleep if only for an hour until Mimsy brought me my dinner.
"I'm not hungry." She groaned as she rolled onto her side.
"You have to eat. Now that you've gotten into this situation, you have to take care of that baby."
"I'm not hungry." She repeated.
Sighing, Mimsy put the plate of pot roast onto the desk and walked back into the hallway shutting the door on the way. Once she heard her going down the stairs, she rolled back onto her back and stared at the ceiling.
"How did I let this happen?" She asked herself. Sighing, she sat up and picked up her cell phone. After quickly dialing the number, she brought her phone to her ear and rested back against the headboard.
"Hello?" Her mother's voice came.
"Hey, mom."
"How's it going?"
She sighed. "Fine, I guess. I miss home already."
"We're only a bus ride away."
"I know."
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She didn't sleep that night. At two o'clock, she finally gave up and sat in the window sill of the open window in her room. By three, she was sick of thinking about everything going on in her life and snuck downstairs. She found the tea her grandmother had stashed away in one of the drawers and made herself a cup. She was just settling into a chair when the light clicked on and light footsteps came down the steps.
Mimsy appeared in the doorway. "I thought I heard the microwave."
"Sorry." She replied sheepishly as she sipped her drink.
"It's fine. Mind if I join you?" Amy shrugged as she pulled her knee up onto the chair and rested her cup on top of it. "How are you doing?" Once again, she just shrugged. "I guess I have been a little hard on you, huh?"
"You're right, it was irresponsible." She said quietly diverting her eyes to the ground.
"Maybe, but you're going through a hard enough time."
"I don't know what to do." She said as tears rushed back to her eyes. "I miss home."