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subject. “What are your plans for today?”
She s hrugged. “I don’t know about you but I could do with a lazy day. How about we watch some cheesy films and stuff our faces with junk food?”
I laughed. “Yeah, that sounds good. ” I told her, genuinely looking forward to spending the day doing nothing.
My mother quickly showered and dressed before driving off to the shop, leaving me with the task of making the living room extra cosy. I showered, changed into something comfy and rooted around in some cupboards until I found some fluffy pillows and fleece blankets.
I set them in the living room, grabbed some cans of Diet Coke from the kitchen and flopped down on the sofa again. I was just getting super comfy when my mother arrived back, armed with what looked like the entire sweet shop. She had three bags full of crisps, chocolate, various sweets and even a frozen pizza for dinner later.
“You do realise we’re not suffering from a food shortage, right?”
She laughed. “I know but I figured we should make the most of it – besides, a girl can never eat too much chocolate.”
I had to laugh at that. “True. Now, what do you wanna watch first?”
My mother laid out all of the snacks on the floor, took the s eat beside me and then shrugged. “Anything, I don’t mind.”
I flicked through the channels until I found an 80’s classic – ‘Pretty in Pink’.
My mother grabbed a handful of popcorn and nodded her approval. “Good choice – I just love Duckie!”
I smiled at her, feeling quite happy that we were actually spending some time together and that she wasn’t worrying about how I was feeling.
The rest of the day passed with us watching more classic films and eating so much junk food that we felt sick. I, however, didn’t care because it meant that I wasn’t thinking about school, Danny or anything else. Instead, it was a simple case of spending some quality time with my mum and it had been long overdue.
Chapter Nine
Monday morning arrived with my alarm clock b leeping loudly. I groaned, rubbed my eyes and forced myself to get up from my cosy bed. After showering and changing, I glanced at my phone and noticed that I had a text message from Harriet.
‘ Nd ride or ru goin wif Danny-boy? ;)’
‘NO! Meet u in 10.’ I replied back, shaking my head at Harriet’s assumption that Danny and I were dating.
I quickly gathered up my bag and phone, locked the front door and met Harriet who was just getting into her car.
“Well,” she began as I got into the passenger seat. “How’re things between you and Mr Fletcher? You two make it official yet?” she asked with a cheeky wink.
I shook my hea d exasperatedly. “You’ve an overactive imagination – we’re just friends.”
She rolled her eyes. “Whatever.”
“What? It’s the truth! I’ve only known the guy a few weeks. Anyway, what about you and Samuel – you guys make up?”
Harriet sighed heavily. “Yeah, he was just being an ass – he gets like that when he’s had too much to drink. He phoned to apologise on Saturday night and then we spent the whole day together yesterday so all is forgiven.”
“That’s good, how long have you guys been going out anyway?”
“Just over a year … but if you ask Samuel he’ll tell you it’s longer.” I watched as Harriet smirked to herself.
“Why would he say that?” I asked, intrigued.
“We were friends first but the timing wasn’t right until last year – I was dating someone else until I realised that I liked Samuel more than I liked my boyfriend! Samuel likes to say that we were dating for years but I just didn’t know it.” She smiled to herself and I wondered if everyone got to be as happy as she was.
I pulled myself out of my negative thoughts as Harriet parked her car into one of the few spaces left and got out. I followed suit and made my way into the school, idly wondering if my timetable was finally ready.
Once inside the school, I left Harriet
She s hrugged. “I don’t know about you but I could do with a lazy day. How about we watch some cheesy films and stuff our faces with junk food?”
I laughed. “Yeah, that sounds good. ” I told her, genuinely looking forward to spending the day doing nothing.
My mother quickly showered and dressed before driving off to the shop, leaving me with the task of making the living room extra cosy. I showered, changed into something comfy and rooted around in some cupboards until I found some fluffy pillows and fleece blankets.
I set them in the living room, grabbed some cans of Diet Coke from the kitchen and flopped down on the sofa again. I was just getting super comfy when my mother arrived back, armed with what looked like the entire sweet shop. She had three bags full of crisps, chocolate, various sweets and even a frozen pizza for dinner later.
“You do realise we’re not suffering from a food shortage, right?”
She laughed. “I know but I figured we should make the most of it – besides, a girl can never eat too much chocolate.”
I had to laugh at that. “True. Now, what do you wanna watch first?”
My mother laid out all of the snacks on the floor, took the s eat beside me and then shrugged. “Anything, I don’t mind.”
I flicked through the channels until I found an 80’s classic – ‘Pretty in Pink’.
My mother grabbed a handful of popcorn and nodded her approval. “Good choice – I just love Duckie!”
I smiled at her, feeling quite happy that we were actually spending some time together and that she wasn’t worrying about how I was feeling.
The rest of the day passed with us watching more classic films and eating so much junk food that we felt sick. I, however, didn’t care because it meant that I wasn’t thinking about school, Danny or anything else. Instead, it was a simple case of spending some quality time with my mum and it had been long overdue.
Chapter Nine
Monday morning arrived with my alarm clock b leeping loudly. I groaned, rubbed my eyes and forced myself to get up from my cosy bed. After showering and changing, I glanced at my phone and noticed that I had a text message from Harriet.
‘ Nd ride or ru goin wif Danny-boy? ;)’
‘NO! Meet u in 10.’ I replied back, shaking my head at Harriet’s assumption that Danny and I were dating.
I quickly gathered up my bag and phone, locked the front door and met Harriet who was just getting into her car.
“Well,” she began as I got into the passenger seat. “How’re things between you and Mr Fletcher? You two make it official yet?” she asked with a cheeky wink.
I shook my hea d exasperatedly. “You’ve an overactive imagination – we’re just friends.”
She rolled her eyes. “Whatever.”
“What? It’s the truth! I’ve only known the guy a few weeks. Anyway, what about you and Samuel – you guys make up?”
Harriet sighed heavily. “Yeah, he was just being an ass – he gets like that when he’s had too much to drink. He phoned to apologise on Saturday night and then we spent the whole day together yesterday so all is forgiven.”
“That’s good, how long have you guys been going out anyway?”
“Just over a year … but if you ask Samuel he’ll tell you it’s longer.” I watched as Harriet smirked to herself.
“Why would he say that?” I asked, intrigued.
“We were friends first but the timing wasn’t right until last year – I was dating someone else until I realised that I liked Samuel more than I liked my boyfriend! Samuel likes to say that we were dating for years but I just didn’t know it.” She smiled to herself and I wondered if everyone got to be as happy as she was.
I pulled myself out of my negative thoughts as Harriet parked her car into one of the few spaces left and got out. I followed suit and made my way into the school, idly wondering if my timetable was finally ready.
Once inside the school, I left Harriet
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