Everything is Changed
“‘Don’t be a cliché,’ I say back.
She laughs and then her voice gets serious. ‘I mean it, Jake. You need to wear something less obviously teenagery.’ ‘As far as I know there’s no hiding the fact I’m a teenager, Mum. Unless you lied on my birth certificate. Now that you mention it, I am pretty small for my age.’ ‘No denim and no manky t-shirt. You have that shirt I bought you for Dad’s funeral.’ ‘It’s white.’ ‘Yes, the opposite of black. Not sure why teenagers are so attached to wearing black. Wh...ite is much cooler in summer.’ I laugh because I can’t help it. Usually Mum is pretty in touch with things, but this is anything but.
She doesn’t laugh back. She gives me the practised mother look. ‘Wear the shirt.’ ‘Okay,’ I say.
One of Mum’s patients is a scientist. And because Mum clearly talks about me so much, and how I want to be a scientist, he offered to have us come down to the lab where he works and go on a tour. Mum’s super excited and I want to be, but it’s hard to be excited about anything at the moment, because Alex’s moving and the man is still in a coma and everything I do reminds me of how my life is going to change next year without my best friend down the road.MoreLess
She laughs and then her voice gets serious. ‘I mean it, Jake. You need to wear something less obviously teenagery.’ ‘As far as I know there’s no hiding the fact I’m a teenager, Mum. Unless you lied on my birth certificate. Now that you mention it, I am pretty small for my age.’ ‘No denim and no manky t-shirt. You have that shirt I bought you for Dad’s funeral.’ ‘It’s white.’ ‘Yes, the opposite of black. Not sure why teenagers are so attached to wearing black. Wh...ite is much cooler in summer.’ I laugh because I can’t help it. Usually Mum is pretty in touch with things, but this is anything but.
She doesn’t laugh back. She gives me the practised mother look. ‘Wear the shirt.’ ‘Okay,’ I say.
One of Mum’s patients is a scientist. And because Mum clearly talks about me so much, and how I want to be a scientist, he offered to have us come down to the lab where he works and go on a tour. Mum’s super excited and I want to be, but it’s hard to be excited about anything at the moment, because Alex’s moving and the man is still in a coma and everything I do reminds me of how my life is going to change next year without my best friend down the road.MoreLess
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