Mind the Time
Copyright© 2014 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 45
There are a couple three four things a parent does not want to hear issue from their teenager's lips..."Mom, I missed my period ... and I seem to have missed one pill," while displaying the pill dispenser with one little pill still in the very center of the month...
..."I don't have anything to wear," when mom knows there isn't room for anything more in said teen's closet...
..."Mom, I can't find your car." ... Mom didn't know it was gone.
..."Mom, this is Jimmy ... he followed me home. Can I keep him?" ... Jimmy is wearing grungy dirty jeans, engineer boots, a wallet with a chain and sports a black eye. He is looking at the family silver.
..."I don't remember." ... said while looking at the police officer who brought her home.
..."I'm bored,"...
Vee said, "I'm bored," and thought about what she could do about it. She had enjoyed her time with Chuck Austin ... and she wondered about the results of the test she took at Ferris. I could use the watch and just show up was one conclusion.
I could call was another. Do I care? was a question she often asked herself. "I'm bored."
Summer was racing away and she was bored.
Fall was on it's way and she was bored.
Excitement ... boring.
Study ... boring.
"Powers that Be?"
"Yes, child?"
"I'm bored."
"You're a teen ... boredom is a natural condition."
"Can I come visit?"
"Hello, Vee. Give up the watch. We have decided you don't need it. You're bored. Maybe life without it would help," said the Six.
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