Kate is just rolling her eyes. This happens all the time and it’s nothing new to her. I try so hard to get along with my mother, but I just loose my temper with her and her ignorance.

“Tina, please go to your room. We will talk later.”

“Fine,” I say. I stand up, controlling myself. I want to throw my plate at my mom, but I don’t.

I know she is hurt, but I couldn’t care less. If she wouldn’t be such an idiot at times…

A while later, I’m still sitting in my room. I don’t feel like watching the millionth hostage drama with my parents and my brother. I just am not interested in those movies. I’m just surfing around on the Internet, too mad to do anything like homework. My mom thinks that because I am interested in film making, I am automatically interested in all movies shown on TV. I don’t.

A screen pops up. I look at it, it’s my IM.

Hi there.

I smirk. Al Fairbanks. That girl is so far gone in her love for Dana, it’s almost creepy. I answer her immediately.

Hi. C u changed ur name already.

Yep. Love her. Seen the newbie?

Newbie?

The dark 1. Brunette, dark eyes, moccha skin.

Mayb on bus.

So, what d’you think. Somth for u?

Not into girls.

Newbie or u?

Me. Don’t know bout her.

I hear a knock on the door and I know it’s my mom expecting me to make amends.

Gtg. Mom & I had row. She wants talk.

OK. Have fun.

Fuck you, Al.

Rather have Dane do that.

“Tina!” I hear my mother’s voice.

“Yeah, come in,” I answer.

C u tomorrow.

I close my computer as my mother comes into my room. She goes sitting on my bed and I turn to her, my arms folded.

“Tina, we need to talk.” Really? Who would have thought that?

“About?”

“Earlier, of course. I do not tolerate you talking to me like that. It was showing a total lack of respect towards me and I will not have that. Do you hear me?”