Ch. 62 How to Save a Life

Ch. 62 How to Save a Life

A Chapter by theladygraceling

One of the worst fights with my mom
was about Charlotte.

I had missed curfew.
She caught me in the driveway
trying to sneak out of Charlotte's little, red Mini Cooper.
We hadn't been doing anything bad.
Just some late night swimming with a few people
in the river behind the park.

I had only been twenty minutes late.

If I had been with Will, everything would have been fine.
If Johnny were in my place, she'd give him a stern look
and just let him inside.

But it was me
and I was with Charlotte.

And Mom was mad.

She grabbed me by the arm
and marched me inside
without even letting me say goodbye to Charlotte.

Then she sat me down on the couch
and started yelling at me so loudly
Johnny and Dad even came down to see what was wrong.

She was so mad
she actually yelled at Johnny
to get his butt back upstairs.

Then we had one of the biggest arguments
we had ever had.

"She's a bad influence!"
She would always say that about Charlotte.
Because it wasn't until I met Charlotte
that I started missing curfew,
sneaking out of the house,
going to parties,
and getting scolded at school.

My mom never understood
that Charlotte
brought out the best in me.
Because I was going out,
and making friends,
and speaking up in school.

Mom only saw the bad.

"She's always getting you into trouble!"

"She's my friend!"

"You shouldn't be around her!"

"You can't tell me what to do!"

"Yes I can!"

Then we shouted,
and fought,
and yelled,
and argued
for another hour
until she finally just grounded me
for two weeks.

But I didn't listen.
I was so mad at her.
So four days later,
I snuck out to one of MIles's infamous parties,
and had too much to drink,
and decided to drive home anyway,
and never made it that night.

Maybe that's the reason I've been so mad at my mom.
If I had listened.
Hadn't been so mad.
Hadn't snuck out just to piss her off.
Everything would be so different.

My mom hated Charlotte.
She never wanted us to be friends.
But she had tried to save her.

And I didn't listen.


© 2014 theladygraceling


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Added on June 10, 2014
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I am seventeen years old. I have always loved reading and have recently started writing my own stories. I also enjoy drawing and sculpting, have taken piano and violin lessons for 10+ years, and have .. more..

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