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When the principal calls me in the middle of class and gives me more responsibilities
Tuesday Teaser - Outside Expectations 6
Once again, no ETA for this sucker, but I missed SSS and want you all to know that I am trying!!!
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I’ve moved on to picking up Brianna from her shift and then getting dinner ready when Harper and Garrett return home. They shut themselves in their room and barely talk to me for days unless it’s absolutely necessary. Now that Graham is back in the states, he calls every other day. I ask him questions this time. Silly ones to keep us from talking about heavier things, although I still want to know what his worst memory is.
“Do you prefer soft shell or hard shell tacos?”
“Would you rather visit outer space or the bottom of the ocean?”
On Thursday, I can’t take it anymore and when he asks me if classes are going alright, I instead tell him about my brothers. He’s silent as I blurt out the whole awful story, and when I’m done, I hold my breath.
“They sound like they need a time out,” he says. I blink and stare at the wall. Then laughter bursts out of me and I don’t know why. I must be crazed. Graham seems unperturbed, telling me that I kept my cool far longer than he would have. “I probably would have lost it with the vandalism.”
On Friday, Harper knocks on my bedroom door as I stare at a blank canvas and wish I could find some kind of inspiration.
“Sav,” he says softly and I look up at him. “I’m um...working tomorrow. Got a job at the Barnes and Noble. Shift starts at nine. Can’t find Mom to ask her for a ride, so could um...you drop me off? That way the car’s still here for you and Bri.”
“Sure,” I say automatically.
“That won’t...that won’t cut into your phone call, will it?”
“No,” I say. “No it won’t.”
“Okay. Good.” He moves to leave my doorway and then taps the door frame before leaning back around to look at me. “Maybe I wouldn’t think he was an asshole if you’d actually let us meet him. I guess I just thought...maybe you were ashamed of us?”
“Never, Harper. He’s just not around here that often. And... I didn’t think he’d stay interested this long.”
“Why not?” Harper asks, his voice incredulous. I shake my head and kind of wave my hand around at the mess that is my room right now.
I don’t even have a draft. No chapter today.
Source: Girls Bravo [2004]