"Metrocity?" Roxanne called through the door to the observatory. "Are you all right?"
"Fine!" Metrocity called back, but she still didn't open the door. She didn't want company right now; she just wanted to be alone with her thoughts. She especially didn't want to be around her parents. Somehow she felt, in some small way, she had betrayed them. But that's ridiculous! she lectured herself. I'm only doing this to destroy him and Metro Man, so my family can take over and rule Metrocity!
"Metrocity, I know something's bothering you!" Roxanne pressed. "Why don't you let me in so we can talk about it?"
"I don't want to talk about it," Metrocity replied so softly that she had to repeat it after Roxanne asked if she'd answered her.
"Fine," Roxanne said with a sigh. "But I think you should know that we're taking you out of school again at the end of the month. Does that make you feel any better?" It should have. It should have made her leap from her bed and dance around the room in joy for not having to attend the torturous Hell that was shool. But instead it made her feel worse, and a pit formed in her stomach.
"Yes," Metrocity lied, then listened as her mother's footsteps faded down the stairs. She stared up at the dark ceiling, her mind blank and overfull at the same time. "What's wrong with me?" Metrocity whispered.
She received no answer.
***Break***
For the next two days, Metrocity avoided Bernard completely. She sat away from him in class, slipped away when he came near, and hunkered down at lunch so he wouldn't see her. It lasted until lunchtime on Wednesday, when Bernard spotted her, despite her hunching, and sat down next to her. "Aiyana" averted her gaze and scooted slightly away.
"Why have you been avoiding me?" he asked. Metrocity didn't answer. "Is this about your parents not wanting to meet me? Because—"
"No. Well, yes, sort of. Not really."
"What are you talking about?"
"My parents are taking me back to homeschooling on Friday."
"Oh."
"Yeah." Then Bernard, whose face had fallen, smiled.
"Then we should make the best of it while it lasts—and it's not like you're moving. We can still date outside of school." Metrocity nodded slowly, then smiled.
"I guess you're right," she said.
"Then I'll see you at seven," Bernard said, standing.
"And what makes you think I don't have plans tonight?" she asked in a fake haughtiness.
He grinned and said, "You never do."
Author Comments:
ZOMG, THEY'RE STILL TOGETHER! XDXD, I have to say the Z does make it a little more fun to say-although it does make the line look awkward...But that's what expirementation is all about (ie, NOT parenting)! So, what will happen next?