Ninth Grade Blues by Bruce Ingram

Author:Bruce Ingram
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Secant Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Two: Mia

Camila really wanted to talk Wednesday during lunch when she and Hannah and I finally had time to catch up with what has been going on. Camila said that Marcus texted her Tuesday night to tell her about the great game he had had, and she said that she just wanted to go to bed and not spend the next 45 minutes texting back and forth about how great a basketball player he is.

Hannah said Marcus truly did play great Tuesday night, and maybe she should have given him some encouragement, but Camila said that one thing Marcus did not lack for was self-esteem—that he had more of it than a person should have for that matter. Then Camila said she dreaded, yes she said dreaded the thought of Marcus probably wanting to spend a lot of time together during Christmas break, and what she really wanted to do was break up with him before Christmas because she just knew that he was going to get her an expensive Christmas gift even though they had not been dating even a month yet. And her family couldn't afford a gift for him, besides they hadn't been dating long enough to be giving gifts to each other.

Then Camila said something that was a little upsetting. she said her dad really liked Marcus and that he kept telling her what a nice house Marcus had and how she could do a lot worse. Then I finally said something, asking her how her mama felt about him and Camila said the other day her mama took her aside and said that she had the strong feeling that her daughter didn't really care for this boy. And Camila told her mama that she didn't feel special or excited when she went out with Marcus, and the things that she most thought about were how bored she was and how boring Marcus was, and if dating was like this her whole life, she could just as well become a nun.

Hannah and I laughed at the thought of Camila becoming a nun, but then I got serious and told her that if she really didn't see the relationship going anywhere, then I would support her if she decided to break up with Marcus. But Hannah chimed in, and said that she should try to work things out with Marcus because he was going to be a professional athlete one day and they make great money...which is just a ridiculous reason to date somebody, even if a guy is a great athlete. I said I disagreed with Hannah, which made her a little peeved at me (I could tell by her body language) and said that Camila should follow her heart and listen to her mama.

I don't know how the whole Camila and Marcus thing is going to work out, but at least I finally had the courage to tell her that she should break up with him if that is what she though best.

Friday morning in English when we were wrapping up our work for the first semester, when Ms.

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