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21 - it's just stupid

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chapter twenty one

third person;

"angel, you okay?" debbie slightly tilted her head while looking at her daughter who was sat across from her at the dinner table, hardly eating her food and being much more quiet than she usually would.

"yeah, i'm fine," angel responded with a small crack in her voice, holding her eyes shut for a few seconds to stop any tears from forming.

"hun, what's wrong?" her mother continued to question, knowing deep down that she wasn't 'fine'. "is it to do with school?"

"mhm," she softly hummed while nodding, wiping the single tear from under her eye away. "it's just stupid. why can't i have a normal high school experience."

"there's no such thing as a normal high school experience, angel," roy spoke up, lightly shaking his head. "everyones is normal in their own way."

"why's mine always end up in false rumours being spread?" she responded. "that can't be considered a normal experience."

"hun, your father means that everyones is different," debbie explained, her husband agreeing with her comment. "i got pregnant in high school, can you imagine how that went down and what was said about me?"

"mh.." she mumbled, looking down at her hands as she picked at the edge of her phone case around her phone screen.

"and do you want to explain what's happened at school?" debbie broken the comfortable silence after a few seconds, using a very soft tone. "you don't have to if you don't want to."

"my friends may have convinced me to go to a party with them the other night.." she took a break while trying to find the words to explain the situation to her parents without lying too much.

"sentences that start out like that never end well," roy mutter, earning a subtle nudge as a signal to be quiet from his wife.

"and i was feeling uncomfortable so daniel, the boy you met yesterday mom, he had taken me upstairs to where it was quiet. and we just sat and talked. but now his ex-girlfriend, who i hung out with the first couple days and told me to stay away from him, is now saying that him and i had sex and that they're still dating."

"okay.." debbie slowly nodded, trying to comprehend everything her daughter just explained. "this isn't the girl who i dropped you off at her house he other day, is it?"

"no, carlie's really nice.. her, daniel, and all their friends want me to hang out with them but i didn't want to because i had a feeling something like this would happen.."

"well how about you hang out with them now," she suggested, receiving a shrug from angel. "i think you should, the girl who started that rumour isn't worth being around.

"i know," angel sniffled.

"and if that doesn't go well, then we can look into other opinions.." her mother replied, with a small smile on her face as she attempted to comfort the girl from across the table. "there's that private school there, or maybe even homeschooling."

"homeschooling might be the better option," roy mentioned, causing the two girls to look in his direction. "then you could still hang out with the friends you do get along with there, but you don't have to deal with any of the drama of high school."

angel gave him a small nod before looking back at her mother, "do i have to finish my food, i'm not that hungry."

"no hun, you don't have to.. why don't you go upstairs and take a relaxing bath or something?" debbie suggested, receiving another nod from the girl.

"also could i take the day off of school tomorrow?"

"yes that's okay," debbie and roy both agreed.

and with that angel left the dining room to go and clean off her plate in the kitchen before going up to her bedroom, leaving her parents alone at the table.

"should we be making sure she didn't get up to anything at that party?" roy question once he saw his daughter walk up the stairs, although he was also using a tone in which she wouldn't be able to hear.

"no," debbie shook her head. "i'm sure she wouldn't have."

AUTHORS NOTE

quick half proof read chapter :)) also i'm gonna try and complete this book before february's over 👀