Marjorie

d if Im okay. I text back that Im fine but Ill tell her all the details tonight when we hang out. Mom comes back into the room with a steaming cup of tea and suggests that she takes the rest of the day off from work, even though its still morning, and we watch a show together. I give her a small smile and follow her down the hall to the couch.

Its much later and Im in Amelias room telling her about why I left early today.

”Are you serious!? Did you tell anyone about that asshole? You need to tell someone, at least your mom! ” Amelia shouts as soon as Ive told her everything.

”I haven told my mom yet. I don know, I guess I feel embarrassed by it. ” I can make eye contact with Amelia as I say this.

”No, you shouldn be the embarrassed one. That asshole teacher is the one who should be embarrassed when the school fires him and we expose him. ” She then starts storming around her room calling Mr. Holland much more than just an asshole but all I can think of is if this gets out, people will pay more attention to me and that is something I don want.

”Seriously Marjorie, this is something that has to be taken care of right away. I know you don like being the center of attention or speaking up about stuff, but this is something you cannot stay quiet about. ” I look down at my lap. Shes right, but I still do not want to tell anyone. I know what he did is wrong and I know you should tell a trusted adult as soon as something like that happens, but Im honestly wishing I never told Amelia so that I wouldn have to listen to her pressure me into telling someone.

”Yeah, I know. And I will tell my mom, later tonight. ” I tell her this only to shut her up so we can move on. She looks at me doubtfully.

”Okay, Marjorie. You better tell your mom or someone. ” I don think she believes I will tell anyone but she drops it for now and moves on to more exciting topics. ”So, tell me more about prince charming. And HOW YOU FLIRTED WITH HIM! ” I laugh, relieved we
e talking about Ian now.

”I honestly don know how I flirted with him. Im not even sure you would call it flirting but talking to him just felt so easy and he laughed at all my stupid jokes. ”

”This is so great Mar! This is the closest either one of us has ever come to having a boyfriend. ” Right after she says this, one of her Moms knocks on the door and peeks her head in.

”Hey girls, we
e done with the TV in the den so you two can go watch your shows now. ”

”Okay, thanks Mom, goodnight. ” We head downstairs to the den and find one of Amelias older brothers, Danny, on the couch.

”Ugh, Mom said Mar and I could have the TV now, ” Amelia complains to Danny. He barely looks up from his racing game.

”Just give me a second, Im almost done with this level. Hey Mar. ” Danny mumbles, as we sit next to him on the couch and wait. Danny is only a year older than Amelia and me but he acts immature all the time, which I guess is because hes a teenage boy. Amelias other brother, Lucas, is pretty nice to us and is currently a freshman at Community College. I sometimes see him around their house but other times I can go weeks without seeing him once. When we were younger, I used to have a crush on him just because he gave me a popsicle when I fell off my bike once. It took me until 7th grade to get over him. I still haven told Amelia or anybody to this day.

Finally, after what feels like forever, Danny hands the TV remote over and Amelia and I dive right into the Full House universe, my mind still partly thinking about the past two days. They have probably been the most eventful two days Ive had since a kid and just thinking about everything that has happened makes my head hurt. I need this weekend more than ever now to recover from everything.