Lexi ran quickly, hoping that her mother wouldn't realize how late it was. She hastily approached the front door. When she walked in, she saw her mom coming down the stairs. She passed right by Lexi and grabbed her purse off the counter. "We'll talk about this later", her mother said as she walked out the front door. Lexi knew what that meant. Grounded, shut off from every connection to the social world there was. No phone, no computer, no TV. It was way too familiar to her. She turned the corner slowly to see her little sister setting on the couch watching some stupid cartoon. Lexi walked over to her and sat down. "Hey you", she said playfully. "Momma's mad at you, you know that right"? Sammie asked, ignoring what Lexi had said. Lexi laid back on the couch and exhaled. "Yeah I know, in fact, I want to see the day where she's not pissed at me for something". Sammie just rolled her eyes and turned the TV off. She put her hands on her hips and stood facing Lexi. "Maybe you should try to not make her mad", she said angrily and stormed off. Before Lexi could respond, she heard the door to Sammie's bedroom shut. She never understood why she acted like that every time she said something about their mother. Lexi shook her head and started upstairs to her room. Lexi had her head buried in her pillow. She rolled over and noticed the time. 12:15 am. Her mother should be home any minute now. She took a deep breath and rolled over on her back. Just then, her mom opened her bedroom door and walked over to her bed. "Are you ready to talk about what happened today"? Lexi sat up and tilted her head upward, staring at the ceiling. She let out an aggravated sigh. "The Dean said you skipped half of your classes". Her mother spoke in a disappointed tone. Lexi continued to stay silent. "She said you left with a boy". "So what if I did", Lexi mumbled under her breath. "So what"? Lexi's mother grabbed her face ands turned it to face hers. "Lexi, this is supposed to be a brand new start for everyone and if you're hanging around with bad influences then- "Mom, are you crazy"? Lexi pulled away from her mother's grip. "He's not a bad influence okay, he's just a guy, the only one that's remotely sane in that damn school". Her mother began to stand up and leave. "It doesn't matter, if he's getting you into trouble then you don't need to be around him". "You're joking right"? Lexi jumped from her bed and walked over to her door. "you're actually gonna tell me who I can and cannot be friends with". "I don't understand why in the world would you want to be friends with someone like that"? "Someone like what, mom? Someone that gets in trouble, who doesn't fit in"? "Well, you can try and stop me, but it's not gonna happen". And with that, Lexi slammed her door. School was only six hours away and she wasn't going to waste her time that should be used for sleeping, fighting with her mom.