Sugar Crash by Aitken Elena

Author:Aitken, Elena [Aitken, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Ink Blot Communications
Published: 2012-04-02T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Jennica's absence from the Chargers' was short lived because the very next day, she was back at practice. Nobody ever commented on what had happened, and whenever Darci tried to bring up the subject with Taylor in the days following the outburst, she changed the subject. Everything else was going so well that pretty soon Darci dropped it too and life carried on.

Taylor had been home for month, and after only a few home visits from Joelle, she didn't seem to have any trouble monitoring her glucose levels and giving herself needles. Darci did her best not to make a big deal of it but she still had trouble leaving the responsibility of monitoring her blood sugar, totally up to Taylor.

"Are you sure your levels are good today," she asked Taylor, when she came into the kitchen. "I noticed you had an extra glass of juice for breakfast, you have to watch the sugar, kiddo."

"I know, Mom." Taylor tried to hide it, but Darci caught the eye roll. "I told you, my levels have been good."

Darci couldn't help it. She was a mom, worrying was what she did. She knew it drove Taylor crazy, but Darci wasn't totally convinced that she was old enough to figure out how much insulin she needed. There were too many factors. What about after she played soccer? Every factor had to be taken into consideration.

"If they're not," Darci said, "or you're ever not sure, we can call Doctor Wilson or Joelle. And they'll-"

"I'm fine." Taylor grabbed an apple from the bowl on the counter and held it up. "I was going to have a snack. Is this okay?"

Darci shot her a look. "I don't appreciate the attitude. I'm just trying to help."

Taylor took a bite of the apple and chewed loud and noisily. Finally, she said, "If you want to help, you can let me go to Abby's sleepover."

Darci sighed and turned away. She should have known it would came back to the same conversation.

"I already told you, Tay. I don't-"

"Mom," Taylor wailed, with every ounce of drama she could muster. "You have to let me go. It's Abby. She's my best friend."

Darci turned away and opened the dishwasher. They both knew it was a chore Taylor was supposed to do, but Darci also knew that if she brought it up right after saying no to the biggest request of the year, it would be a full-scale meltdown.

"You have to let me go, you can't protect me forever."

Darci bent and began pulling out plates. Hadn't Cam said the same thing? He'd been showing up at their house more and more over the past weeks, just to hang out and talk. It was easy to spend time with him, and their conversations did ease a lot of her fears when it came to Taylor. But, she still wasn't sold on the idea of sending Tay to a sleepover.

"I'm sorry, kiddo." She put stacked the plates in the cupboard. "I don't think a sleep over party is a good idea.

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