I'm sitting on the couch when I hear my mother enter the house.
"Hey, how did it go?" I ask
"Fine, what are you watching?"
"Some documentary?"
She walks around the couch and turns her back facing me.
"Unzip me."
I pull down the zipper on her dress and she pulls it off while walking to her room. After a bit she comes back in a long t-shirt and sits on top of me.
"MOOOM! move you're heavy."
"But I'm so comfortable here, give me some chips."
"I will if you move."
"Fine."
She scoots over and I place the bag of chips in between us to share.
She takes a handful into her mouth and starts texting somebody.
Sometimes it feels like she's my roommate more than my mom.
It's fun at times but I really do need her to be a mother figure.
"So Michelle seems pretty cool."
"She's alright."
"Why haven't I seen her before?"
"I'm sure you have. You probably just forgot."
"She's really pretty."
"Meh, she's okay I guess."
We stayed up late watching whatever happened to come on the TV and gossiping. Well it was mostly my mother gossiping about her friends. I feel for her friends. They trust my mother and she's just telling their business to anyone that would listen. She's incapable of keeping secrets quiet.
I wanted to ask her about Michelle but the gossip came with her commentary and none of it was nice. Plus I wanted to keep the perfect image I had of Michelle.
The rest of the week was the same although I kind of wanted to see Michelle again. I guess she made an impression on me. Well I mean she does seem like a very successful woman and I want to travel like she has. Also she is very charismatic and stuff so yeah.
BONUS
I sit in my car watching Linda's house like a creep. We made plans to see each other today at 8:00am. I take another sip of my iced coffee only to find out that it's now just ice. I open the top and using my straw I shove the rest of the ice into my mouth. After I wipe my mouth and hands with the napkins that came with the coffee. I look at the inside of my wrist at the watch that Linda gave me a while ago.
It's really expensive. I've tried many times to return it to her but she won't budge.
I look and see that it is barely 8, I must have forgotten the amount of time it takes to get from my house to Linda's. I'll just wait a bit longer.
...
I decided to get out of my car as people passing by were giving me weird looks. I knock on the door feeling very nervous. I haven't seen Linda in so long.
