Chapter two
As I’m driving to UCLA, for my first year, I get worried. 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bNADP4oUQ
Nothing big, I’m always worried. Worried that I’m not pretty or smart or something stupid. Once I even cried in a bathtub. How stupid, right? 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAB3VCdMPGm
But that stupid phase was years ago. Six years to be exact. That bathtub phase is over and now I’m going to college. 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wSxy2DzN3
I’m so excited but at the same time so anxious. I already know I won’t have a problem with making new friends. Actually, that’s the easiest part. love meeting new people.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIfxRCb6j0
My mom always says that I'm a social butterfly. Oh. My mom. I’m going to miss her terribly.
It's just been me and her all my life. She’s always been busy working her ass off as a real estate agent. She’s very successful and we live comfortably. 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ6fBKMLUk
That’s why I’m able to go to a college that I chose. College at all is a big accomplishment, she always says. 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TvFWTCsJ4
But her working so much comes at a very steep price. Her always being busy means, too busy to date.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2X97g7pJ9
Too busy to go on vacation. Too busy to have more kids. Of course, I’m not complaining. At least not for me. 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vAANaGIFN
Its always been that way. No, I’m complaining for her. She never gets to do things that she wants to do. 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWYSjbENO3
She never gets to relax, and it worries me. I mean everything does, what’s new? But I worry that she’ll collapse under the pressure.
I begged her to let me get a job so that she can take a break but she told me to focus on school. School has always been important to me, naturally, but it’s also very important to my mom. 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSTOTqFoxM
She says that she is where she is today because of the things that she’s learned. So I’ve always focused on school. For me, but also my mom.547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVNzNeLhmN
That’s all she asks of me. All my life since, about, age five I’ve tried to always be on my best behavior because I knew my mom was busy. 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaV2EnPRVNI
I knew she simply didn’t have the time to deal with me acting out, so, I’ve always been a good child. But I really am going to miss just me and my mom. 547Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzWhulJdUf
Mom and me. I’m going to miss us baking pie every Sunday. My mom is sweeter than any pie we could ever bake, no matter how much sugar we add.
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