TBH, You Know What I Mean by Lisa Greenwald

Author:Lisa Greenwald
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-03-10T00:00:00+00:00

CECILY

Ing?

R u home

I could get up from my bed and see but I am too lazy

INGRID

Almost home

Went for a run

CECILY

U r running & texting @ the same time

INGRID

NO LOL

Cool-down walk

INGRID

You ok?

CECILY

Yes come by my room when u get home

Wanna talk 2 u

INGRID

Sure you’re ok?

CECILY

Yes

3:31 PM

INGRID

Wait why are you texting me when we are standing right next to each other

CECILY

Bc Mom is def eavesdropping

But she’ll prob see these texts

She has that app where she can see all my texts

CECILY

That’s why I delete them all right away

Not that I have so many secrets but YKWIM

We can’t hide from our all-knowing, snooping mama . . .

INGRID

K hold

So what’s going on?

OK, writing is slower than texting but prob safer. Be patient. So all of this stuff feels like no big deal but then when I add it all up it really starts to upset me and stress me out. I think Mom is on this weird concerned-about-me stretch so I am trying to not make her more concerned which is why I didn’t want to talk out loud.

Okay . . . So talk to me. Or I mean write to me. Ha!

Well, first of all, it was just supposed to be Mara and me going to the volunteer summer corps thing but now Victoria is coming, too, and so is Mae, and it feels like too many people going to something together. I like to branch out and meet new people and Mae is already stressing that she doesn’t know anyone and can we do everything together and blah blah blah.

Okay. Got that. Tell me everything at once and then I can address each issue.

Okay. So there’s that. And also I wasn’t invited to Hannah Fletch’s bat mitzvah and I really wanted to be. It’s gonna be super fancy and fun and I am so so upset I wasn’t invited. Pri and Gabs were but Victoria wasn’t and I’m trying to stay chill but still so upset. So that’s another thing. Also I just feel like everyone is always leaning on me and saying how I know everything and can rule the world but it’s too much. I guess those are the main issues but I wanted to talk to you about them.

Okay. Well, first of all, I get the thing with Mae and the trip. But this is always what happens. There’s tons of anxiety before you go and when you get there it’s totally fine. She’ll probably branch out a little and you obviously will and everyone will get settled and it will be fine. I don’t think she’ll hang on you for the entire time.

As for the bat mitzvah, yeah, it sucks. That definitely happened to me a bunch and it was really upsetting. I remember when everyone in the grade got invited to Becca Emanuel’s. Well, I guess not everyone, but it felt like that and I was so bummed. I made Mom and Dad sit up with me until like 1 a.m. one night crying about it. Seriously! Do you remember this? It was a big deal at the time but then everyone got over it, including me.

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