“But mom, the semi final game is next weekend.”

“Well I guess you’re going to miss it.”

Tina was quiet and I have never seen Bette so angry in my life. She wasn’t yelling and her voice was almost emotionless. I hate that. And I hate that now if I were to apologise for what I said it wont be heard. And even if she did hear it, it may just be an empty apology to her. I didn’t protest. I took my punishment and went to my room.

I did as my parents told me. It’s been week now. Although I had no computer access at home, I would still send Gina emails from school. She asked me a few times why I was grounded. I told her I stayed out late. It wasn’t a lie, but it wasn’t the whole truth either. Becky and I are, well I can’t really explain how we are. She wants things as they were and I have told her that they can’t, for obvious reasons. I am not sure how much of a friendship we have now. And then there is mom, well my parents. I have yet to apologise to mom, to Bette. This one is the toughest of all.

I cant do much again with Becky, but I have to come clean with Gina and I have to make things right again with my parents. I convinced my moms that I needed to go to the library after school. Bette had to work late so Tina dropped me off. I sat at the computer trying to figure out how I am going to start this email to Gina, and if I do get started what am I going to say. Then I decided that writing is a coward way out for me. I simply wrote ‘G, I really need to talk with you about something. It has to do with why I am grounded. I was going to email you about it but I figured that face-to-face would be better. Let me know if you can visit. All my love, Angie.’

I stayed there for a while studying then headed home. Both my moms were home. Tina told me to call her when I was ready but didn’t. I hope they aren’t too mad that I came home on my own. And more so that if I tell them that I came straight home from the library, that they believe me. It wasn’t as bad as I had expected. Perhaps because they were caught in a somewhat compromising position. “I’ll just leave you two alone.” I said as I tried to escape to my room before they noticed.