A/N: I know short chapter. That's just how it turned out. It's also something I've been considering for a while. So here's cahpter 3, next chapter will be longer.
Ch. 3
A few weeks later, my mom was driving me, Drew, and Katlyn to school two hours early for Drew's football practice. We were about to get out, when my mom stopped us.
"Wait, wait, wait," she said. "Guys, Grams is coming this weekend to visit."
"Yeah, so?" I asked. I didn't like where this was going.
"So...I thought it would be nice if...Gracie could join us for dinner."
"Mom!" I whispered, glancing back at Katlyn, who was pretending not to hear while waiting for me. "I told you," I said, calmer now. "Gracie's gone."
"Just consider it," my mom asked.
"Considering, considering, no," I said. "I'm not going to do that anymore."
Katlyn walked with me to the picnic tables and we sat down. I immediately apologized for what happened with my mom. She seemed like she didn't want to bring up Gracie, but I couldn't tell her, not yet, so to keep her from judging and trying to figure it out, I told her another story I often tell friends.
"Gracie is...my ex-girlfriend," I began, but she stopped me.
"You don't have to tell me, it's not my business."
"It's okay, I want to. My grams likes her, and always wants to see her when she comes. I don't have the heart to tell her we've been broken up for a while. Problem is my mom always wants her to come over to see my grams, and we don't get along too well anymore. It gets harder and harder to pretend to get along."
"I get it. It's okay. But maybe you could introduce me to your grams? Maybe she'll like me even more?" she suggested.
"No, Gracie will probably end up coming. Mom always gets what she wants. I...don't want you to meet her. You wouldn't like her."
She looked disappointed, but let it go. I was glad. I spun a convincing enough story to make sure she didn't suspect, and I hoped she would never find out.