Seeing Dad off on his work week in the city always makes for
a tough start to a Monday morning.
Mom, Ethan, Ehlana, and I were up early; made breakfast for
Dad while he got ready and loaded the truck with his bags and cases; and had
time for a little visit while he ate before doing the goodbye hugs and kisses
when it was time for him to hit the road.
There was a little morning nap time with Mom after he was gone, and then
we were up and going again with a subdued version of our normal morning
routine.
I knew that it was going to be a tween drama day at school
too, but just wasn’t as prepared as usual to deal with the icy glares and
too-loudly whispered comments. We’ve had
rain off and on all day, so Rowen and I hid in the music room for most of our
lunch break to get away from the tweeird, but we didn’t manage to escape
completely. We ran into Lisa and three
other girls while they were in the middle of a girl chat moment that wasn’t
particularly flattering toward me while on our way to our first afternoon
class. Since nobody except Rowen knows
that even my normal senses are extremely highly developed, and the photographic
memory helps me capture everything going on around me, I normally pretend that
I didn’t hear every word of conversations like this one. I should have done that and moved on then
too, but stopped when one of Lisa’s friends said something about Michael that
really annoyed me.
Lisa in particular didn’t like hearing that I loved Michael
and Rebecca because they were my first friends in Witch Falls, or that he was
sweet for spending time playing with my little brother and sister once in a
while. She really didn’t like hearing
that I thought he didn’t deserve to be treated like crap just because he liked
playing music with me; got stuck sitting beside me at a ‘We’re pregnant’ dinner
party because Ethan wanted to sit with him; and we had the audacity to have fun
at the park for a couple of hours while playing with Ethan and Ehlana. That was enough to make things worse, and
it’s a good thing I stopped there. I’m
not sorry for defending Michael, but that little chat hit the gossip network
almost immediately; with the predictable tween misinterpretations.
The rest of the afternoon was as bad for Michael as it was
for me, but he was just shrugging it off, and completely ignoring the hints
from Lisa and some of the other girls that were meant to lead him back onto the
path that all good boyfriends are supposed to stay on. It was his turn to get us in trouble during
music class when he talked and joked around with me; we showed off a little
with a warm-up saxophone duet; and he just played along when Tim started
teasing us with yet another round of sax jokes.
It probably shouldn’t have been, but that was the most fun I’d had all
day so far; and that’s why I hugged him as we were packing up our saxophones –
and both thanked him and apologized for my part in making Lisa mad at him.
Note to me: there are
times when you should not hug another girl’s boyfriend. File that memory as a perfect example of that
universal truth.
Thankfully, we were only allowed to speak Spanish in our
last class. I’m sure that saved Michael
and I from even more tween weird, and Rowen and I were on our way home in
record time once we were set free. We
stopped in at the computer store for a short visit before heading to my house
for our after school snack with Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana. That’s when we found out that we were going to
be spending the weekend in Woodvale.
‘We’ included Rowen, and Mom had finalized everything today before springing
the surprise on us.
Mom’s news didn’t save me from Rowen’s enthusiastic recap of
the highlights of my day from her perspective, but none of that seemed as bad
now; and Rowen’s re-telling really was entertaining and frequently funny –
though I seriously doubt that Lisa would agree with that. Our snack break took a bit longer than usual,
and then Rowen and I did our homework before spending the rest of our play time
with Ethan and Ehlana. I was definitely
a lot happier by then, and didn’t want to risk messing that up with more tween
trouble, so we stayed in and played in the lounge.
When Rowen went home, Mom, Ethan, Ehlana, and I were on our
own for the rest of the night. We did an
easy dinner and clean-up; Mom did Magi lessons with us; we watched television
for a while; and then we all went up to bed early. Getting a head start on my usual nightly
computing and studies was a bonus, and I managed to get everything I wanted to
do finished; and added in a bonus internet chat with Violet and Dawn so we
could talk about what we’d be doing on the weekend. I’ve had more than enough time to think about
everything that happened at school today too, and though I should probably be
worried about that continuing tomorrow, I’m not.
I’m either too tired to care, or just tired of letting all
of the tweeird bother me so much. One
thing I am sure of is that it’s time for me to get some sleep, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
