my mother and i were riding in the car
it was my first day of senior year
i was anticipating my last year of
school and the beginning of adulthood
immersed in my thoughts i stared out the
window
finally we pulled up in front of the
school
and the car stopped
mom hesitantly said
i wanted to tell you something
let's talk after school
with those words i ran out of the car
and rushed to class
all my classmates were already sitting
in class i really missed them over the
summer and was ready to hug each of them
the bell rang and we sat on our seats
the teacher came into the classroom he
said
children we're going to have a new
student this year
everyone was very curious who it was but
you can't imagine the shock i got when
the door opened and my mother walked in
the classroom
hi my name's monica and my mom is in the
same class as me
is this some kind of joke i was hoping
that even if it was true i could at
least keep it a secret that the new girl
and i knew each other
that's rebecca johnson monica's mom
mom waved her hands in panic trying to
stop the teacher
but it was too late the whole class
immediately turned around and stared at
me
at that moment i wanted to fall through
the ground
but the only thing i could do
was hide behind my textbook i was
embarrassed enough as it was and my mom
was heading my way
she sat down at the desk right next to
me
there was laughter and whispering over
the glass i caught the mocking glances
of my classmates throughout the lesson
so as soon as the bell rang i ran out of
the classroom
i heard my mother calling my name but i
decided not to stop the boy surrounded
me as i stood by my locker they started
laughing at me making fun of me and
asking hurtful questions is your mom
here to make sure you ate all your
vegetables brian asked nah she's just
stupid and couldn't finish school ellie
snared huh
then they have it in the family chris
backed her up i liked chris so it hurt
to hear him say that
after a good laugh my classmates left
mom came up to me right away
she was watching from the side my mother
held out her hand and said let me
explain don't isn't it enough that you
made me an object of ridicule
oh
i turned around and went to my next
class leaving my mother alone yeah she
definitely felt uneasy but at home at
dinner i couldn't get away from the
conversation dad asked with a smile how
was the first day of school mom and i
looked at each other there was an
awkward pause in the air it was the
perfect moment to explain everything to
me
i had to quit my last year of high
school to work and help my family
yeah it was at work that i met your mom
dad interjected your dad and i got
married and you were born
then mom told me that i was a lot of
trouble she had to do the laundry and
the cleaning and the cooking all day
long and when i got older she went
straight to work so my mom just didn't
have time to finish school
now they're offering me a promotion
but there's one condition
you have to get an education
i guessed mom nodded but you could have
gone to another school
but honey the other one is half an hour
away i frowned and pounded the table i
didn't want to continue this dialogue i
felt like mom was just looking for
excuses
i locked myself in my room and didn't
come out until the next morning
breakfast passed in a deadly silence
then i grabbed my stuff and went outside
to go to school mom was already sitting
in the car she saw me and even opened
the passenger door but i defiantly
walked past showing that i didn't want
to go with her half an hour later i was
at school the bell rang and i barely had
time to run into the classroom my mother
was already sitting in her seat the
teacher had written a problem on the
board and he was looking around
wondering who to call his eyes stopped
on my mother she went to the blackboard
and picked up the chalk even though the
task was the simplest mom didn't have
the faintest idea how to solve it it
seemed as if her head was about to
explode from the thought process
the whole class left and i didn't know
where to go
the teacher told mom to go back to her
seat and i saw her blush with
embarrassment
and of course i was surrounded by my
classmates at recess
what a silly mom you have are you sure
you're related to her
chris asked i was confused and mumbled
uh my dad says i'm more like him it was
at that moment that i noticed my mom
she was standing nearby and heard
everything she seemed to get angry when
she heard what i said and you should
know that even my father's afraid of mom
when she's angry i got my uniform from
my locker and went to p.e
today we were supposed to play
basketball ellie and i were captains and
we had to recruit players for our teams
one by one we picked players until there
were only two left i was faced with the
choice of taking mom or the weakling
david of course i took david mom proudly
hummed and went for team ellie you won't
believe this but as i was driving the
ball my mom got in my way roughly pushed
me away took the ball away and ran to
our hoop my mom took aim and threw the
ball from the three-point zone it flew
right into the ring i couldn't believe
my eyes my mom was shining the whole
game and she was really playing rough
with me clearly punishing me for my
behavior i even fell painfully on the
court a couple of times when the game
was over my mom's team picked her up and
started throwing her in the air and i
angry and humiliated waddle to the
locker room i could not forgive such
attitude to myself and as soon as we got
home i attacked my mother with
accusations
you were pushing me the whole game and
you insulted me you're stupid because
you're old it came out of my mouth i'm
old i'll show you old my mother barked
back she turned around without saying
another word and went to her bedroom
slamming the door i didn't let up either
i slammed my door even louder in the
morning i cautiously looked out of the
room to make sure no one was downstairs
once i was sure i grabbed my backpack
and left the house afraid i'd run into
my mother as i was getting my books out
of my locker chris came up to me
i liked him so much i just melted when i
saw him he came up to me and put his
arms around me
wow what a sign of attention
i smiled at the guy and wanted to say
something nice
but then someone yanked him to the side
it was my mother and she looked as wild
and comical as possible she was wearing
a stretchy t-shirt a cab visor backwards
and ripped jeans she looked like she was
going to a rap concert mom was shaking
chris and yelling something like yo get
your rake away from her bro
let him go mom chris was confused when
he heard my mom he clearly didn't
recognize her mrs johnson
he said in shock the dazed boy hurried
away
and i was outraged you had no right i'm
still your mother you look like a fifth
grader what are you wearing you wanted
me not to be old it all made sense to me
now apparently my mother had decided to
embarrass me completely when i entered
the class my mother followed me shaking
her hands and high-fiving everyone the
whole class laughed and played along
with her i would have burned with shame
but our teacher saved me he commanded
take your places i've checked the test
and now you get your grades he walked
down the aisle and handed out the papers
i got an a-plus and i was so happy
my mom on the other hand was very upset
all her playfulness was gone in an
instant i looked at her test and there
was a huge f at the top
i felt bad for my mom i'd seen her
studying hard every day before bedtime
after class when everyone left the class
it was just me and my mom
i turned to her and said
do you want to analyze mistakes together
i'd be happy to we started working on
our mistakes as time passed my mom's
grades got better and i got used to
being called a mama's girl
one day i met my mom in the hallway
she was holding a bunch of posters she
stopped me
please support me mom shoved all the
posters in my hands
she took one and pinned it to the
bulletin board
there's going to be a dance at school
soon
wow a dance i'll get chris
i exclaimed mom chuckled disapprovingly
why are you doing this
i asked
i'm on the pta and i'm in charge of
organizing events
mom told me the dance was this sunday
i decided to help her
all thursday my mom me and a couple of
other volunteers decorated the gym
i was looking forward to friday night
one day at recess i approached chris and
suggested he go to the party with me
he gladly agreed
finally that very day came
there was loud music playing in the
gymnasium and the disco ball was
spinning under the ceiling
mom was standing in the corner next to
the other parents they were discussing
something heatedly chris caught me in
the middle of the dance floor
and i danced with him for a long time
after a couple of slow laps he grabbed
my hand and took me to the side the
music wasn't so loud and the lights
weren't so bright i think he was gonna
kiss me
but i didn't want to do it in front of
the whole school
i tried to push him away but i didn't
have enough strength
let go of me
i shouted
chill baby
chris said indignantly holding my wrists
i almost cried i was so offended that
chris didn't consider my feelings and
that no one around me could see what was
going on and stand up for me but
suddenly someone grabbed the guy by the
shoulder and shoved him aside what the
hell are you doing
chris freaked out and headed toward my
savior but then her figure stepped out
of the shadows
that's my mom
she was furious too breathing heavily
and clenching her fists
get out of here you brat
she shouted chris snorted but realized
that it would be better for him to leave
to not fight with a woman twice his age
mom hugged me and axed
are you all right
i am now
thank you mom i whispered and cried she
gave me a tissue to wipe away my tears
then she held out her hand asking me to
dance
i nodded and accepted her invitation
we got to the center of the dance floor
and danced merrily
the other guys looked over at us they
laughed and whispered but we didn't care
what they thought i loved that i could
dance with my beloved mother without
embarrassment
i spent the rest of the year helping her
with her studies and my mom finally
started getting great grades we even got
our diplomas together at graduation
mom finally got her long-awaited
promotion and i went off to college but
this time alone
it was kind of sad because we became
best friends
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