In the Middle of Nowhere by Julie Ann Knudsen

Author:Julie Ann Knudsen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: teens, Young Adult
Publisher: Julie Ann Knudsen
Published: 2012-08-31T20:29:55+00:00

CHAPTER

TWENTY-FOUR

I actually slept for more than fifteen hours straight, only waking when my mom asked me if I wanted some dinner.

“No thanks,” I managed, before I rolled over and dozed until the next morning. I guess I really was tired after all. I felt good when I finally woke, renewed and happy, too. Then reality hit and I remembered that I still hadn’t thought of a solution to my problem about how I was going to spend time with Michael and stay home with my brother.

The only way I could accomplish both, I concluded, was if I briefly met up with Michael and, once again, bribed James with the latest and greatest video game. I was starting to run out of money having to buy all those pricey CDs, along with my brother’s silence.

I heard someone walking down the hallway toward the bathroom. The door closed and the shower was turned on. It must be my mother, ’cause James never would have gotten up this early to clean up. I wondered what the age was when a boy put cleanliness at the top of his priority list. I wasn’t going to hold my breath when it came to my brother. My mother had to beg or threaten him with banishment from gaming if he refused to use soap and water.

I was thinking that seven o’clock was early, even for my mom to be awake on a Saturday. Then I realized why. My mother had to get ready for Brian. I wondered what he told her and how he would convince her to stay away overnight.

My mom never would have agreed to it in the past, but she was changing lately right before my eyes. James and I seemed less and less of a priority to her. Once again, I missed my dad, knowing he would never leave my brother or me alone for a day, let alone the whole night. My dad genuinely enjoyed being with us kids and it was so tragic that he couldn’t see us growing up, as he would have loved to. Or could he?

I lay in bed, read a book and heard the doorbell ring promptly at nine o’clock. I heard my mother walk down the stairs, open the door and greet Brian.

There was some muffled conversation before my mother exclaimed, “Oh, Brian! How could you?”

My mother raced up the stairs and breezed into my room. She acted like a love-struck teenager walking on air. “Willow, I have a big favor to ask of you.”

I lowered my book. “Yeah, it’s okay. Brian already asked me.” I forced my phoniest smile. “Have fun.”

“I will. Thank you dear,” she said before she floated out of my room and back downstairs to her date. I wanted to gag, but quickly realized I hadn’t eaten a thing in forever. All of a sudden I was starving and decided to head downstairs in search of food once my mother’s knight in shining armor whisked her away from the castle for good.

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