Ducky's California Diaries by Ann M. Martin

Author:Ann M. Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781504052696
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2017-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

10:21 P.M.

Still Wimpy

After All These Hours

Sleep.

That’s what Alex does when he’s cutting school.

HOW CAN A PERSON SLEEP SO MUCH?

Does he NEED it? Does he have some kind of weird sleep disorder? Is THAT the problem? Maybe he can’t help staying home from school.

So go ahead and open your big mouth, Ducky. Tell him how to lead his life. Like you know everything.

He was just starting to feel better. You could SEE it.

And you set him back.

NICE.

WORK.

11:47 P.M.

You’re nuts.

Alex doesn’t have a sleep disorder.

YOU’RE the one with the sleep disorder.

Your mind is so full of nonsense that you can’t think straight.

You did not say TOO MUCH.

The truth is, you didn’t say ENOUGH.

He WANTS you to be silent, he LIKES it because it doesn’t CHALLENGE him, it lets him think: Hey, it’s ALL RIGHT to cut school and flunk out because DUCKY doesn’t mind, HE doesn’t think it’s so bad, and he’s my BEST FRIEND.

What you did was the OPPOSITE of friendship. You backed down. You apologized. You promised to keep all this to yourself.

You were afraid to get him angry. You were afraid to let him yell and scream. Maybe he NEEDS to be shaken a little, by someone he TRUSTS. Someone who’s not an authority figure.

You let him stay right where he was. In a rut.

THAT’S what you did wrong.

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