“So how’s your day sweetheart?” I ask Noal
The phone is between my shoulder and eat I was trying to maximize by talking to him while doing some cleaning. It wasn’t an easy but at least my shoulder was doing so much better now.
“It’s awesome“” he shouts through the phone almost bursting my ent drums “We just had ice cream and now we are going to the slides, they have slides here and they lead straight to the
ocean”
His excited chanter makes me happy. His happines in my happiness The fact that he is safe and enjoying himself was enough for me.
“That’s great baby…see, I told you that you would have lots of fun”
Giving up on cleaning, I take a seat on the couch. It would be better to finish talking to him first.
“What about you mommy, how’s your weekend?”
What could I say? It was boring as hell. My eight year old son was having more fun than I was. I didn’t have anywhere to go or anyone to hang out with since I had no friends.
My colleagues used to invite me to things but they stopped after I kept turning them down Deep inside I knew they invited me as a formality, because I was there when they were inviting others. Not because they genuinely want to know me or hang out with me.
“Uh, it’s okay…just doing some cleaning” I murmur
I hear him sigh. “Mom, you need to go out and have fun like I am. Since I’m not there, I don’t want you to stay at home all alone”
Why the hell did I feel so chastised right now?
“I will, I just have to finish my chores first” I lie.
After cleaning I would probably just watch a movie and drown myself in junk food. Or I would just catch up on sleep. Both options didn’t seem that bad.
“Fine…I have to go mommy, Pa is calling for me”
“Okay my love, talk to you at night”
“Bye, and grandma says hi to you”
Noah calls mother grandma and used to call father grandpa. As for Rowan’s parents, he calls them
Pa and Ma
+15 BONUS
“That’s good be careful on the slides” I say, completely ignoring the greetings from my supposed
mother.
He hangs up after that. Good thing he’s so excited about the slides to realize I ignored his
grandmother’s greetings. Noah is usually in tune and nothing escapes his notice. A character he got from his father, but not today. Today his mind was completely on having fun.
I smile and put my phone down. I get back to cleaning but soon I’m finished. Instead of watching a movie like I had planned, I decide to go through the biology essays of my students. So far the ones I’ve marked have done really well! I don’t mean to brag but I am a damn good teacher and it shows
with my subject being the best performed in school.
I was almost done when my phone rings. My heartbeat lurches when I see Ethan’s name flashing. This was totally unexpected.
“Hello” I answer unsure, part of me afraid that he had dialed my number by mistake.
“Hi, Ava…are you busy?” he asked.
I guess it hadn’t been a mistake like I had thought.
“Not particularly, why?”
“I was told you aren’t at the station’s shooting range. I thought maybe we could drive there
together”
I frown in confusion. None of the things he said were making any kind of sense to me.
“Why would I be at a shooting range?”
“Because the rest of you family is there. They were all advised to train in shooting and to get a
firearm license just in case they ever got in trouble”
Well that was news to me but I guess it did make sense. I mean having a gun when dealing with a dangerous gang could come in handy.
I wanted to be pissed that no one told me about this but I couldn’t bring myself to care. They could
all go fuck themselves for all I cared.
“Can I come pick you up?” Ethan asks interrupting my thoughts.
I had nothing better to do. Plus this could be fun. Not to mention that I get to hang out with Ethan
again.
“Sure”
“Great! I’ll be there in ten minutes”
He hangs up and I rush to my bedroom to find something descent to wear. Seeing we were going
+15 BONUS
I’ve had such kids in my class. Students who had really abusive parents. I try to help as much as I
“And what made you become a teacher?”
Miss Olivia had been my support system when I was young. Her class had been my safe space.
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