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If I didn’t get all this out of the way now, then I’d be forced to do it at the beach sometime this weekend

“Hi to you, too,” Iback to my paper

“Oh, stop I saw you before school yesterday”

Because that’s enough for us both

She er across it and frowning at the dust “I was thinking about this party of Krista’s”

My brain freezes mid-word and I lift my eyes to her

She raises her chin “I’o”

I setto face her better

Really? She’s doing this without an audience?

“We leave in less than twelve hours and you already said I could”

“Well, I’ my answer I’m your mother, I’m allowed”

“But, why?”

“For one, I didn’t realize Monday was a furlough day, giving you guys extra ti around unsupervised God knoill happen there”

You don’t even knohat goes on here!

“You know Krista’s dad is extra cautious, there will be security all over the place, and he’ll be right down the street”

“Still” She reaches pastoff the view I had of the stars “I have concerns It’s not like you have someone to watch and protect you”

My face scrunches “Is that not the purpose of security?”

“Don’t be cunning Don’t you think it’s strange that you’re a senior, you hardly date, and you’re always home?”

I want to ask her how she would know but decide against it “No I don’t”

“Well, I do You have a pretty face, fit body, and great grades,” she sums me up with little to no passion “You need an arm to hold on to”

“Says the person who constantly reminds me I never want to have to depend on anyone and not to h school”

She blinks “Birth control is your friend, daughter It’s why you’ve been on it since sopho so someone You should never need, but you should have ould suit you well” She pretends to be focusing on ht”

Clara, being Trent’s mom

Of course