Just Losing My Mind

" For the hundredth time mom, I don't understand why it matters! Who cares if I failed all my entrance exams for college!" I tiredly expressed. FYI in order to get everything wrong, you have to know the correct answer.

"I do! I care, I want the.."

"I know ma, you want the very best for me and for me to live my life to the fullest."

I could repeat her famous mantra forward and backwards by now. She always expressed that she wanted me to live a burden free life for as long as I could remember and always worried that my dad not being around would affect me. But in reality... I just want to be lazy.

I couldn't just simply tell her I wanted to read novels all day and eat thrice my weight in food doing nothing all day. She would like totally have an aneurysm.

" Mom I'm, I'm just not ready to leave the nest okay!!! And for Pete sake, I'm only 16, just because I'm some genius doesn't mean I want to up and leave you, it's always been just us y'know"

Not the complete truth but hey gotta work with what you got. Oh yeah, let me give you a little back ground about me. I'm a 16 year old genius with an IQ of 170. Every body expects me to go to the best of the best school and so on and so forth because it's what's, you know, expected. But I honestly just want to continue me care free life with out any worries at all. Oh yeah and the water works starts in 3, 2, 1.....

" oh Ver bears I'm so so sorry!!!! Come give mama near a hug!!!" She said opening her arms for a colossal bear hug with a side of colossal water works and bugger sugar, uh yeah so not happening.

" STOP! Come any closer and I will eat your share of dinner tonight!"

"VERA! How could you ever think of something so cruel. After all I've done for you, you have no love for your poor old mom!" She cried as a terrified look appeared on her face

" Old! ha ! Says the women who claims to be 46 and passes as my 18 year old sister" it's like she doesn't age at all. I swear she gets Botox or something in secret and just too ashamed to admit it.

" And just so you know, if you don't leave out within 10 minutes you will be late." I signed, it never fails with her.

" oh crap! Bye baby love you, stay out of trouble!" She yelled scrambling to get all her belongings and rushing out the door

"Don't forget your lunch on the table and don't slam the doo..."

BAM!!

Never mind, uh eh let me introduce myself. My name is Vera Charm and this is a story how my life got flipped, turned upside down. And I'll like to take a minute just site right there. And I'll tell you how I became the prince of a place called Belly Air. Okay sorry I couldn't resist it's the opening to one of my favorite shows from the 90's. But seriously this is a story about how my life got flipped upside down. Everything I thought to be true was a lie. And with that lie my normal life became discombobulated. Oh hush I know it sounds like a cliche... holy shiz biz my life sounds like a cliche.... but let's get back on track.

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"Aha, another perfect dinner thanks to muah" I always took pride in my culinary art skills since childhood. It being just my mom and me, somebody had to learn how to cook being that mom was useless in the kitchen. Useless as in she not allowed to step foot in the kitchen because every time she steps foot in there the fire department gets called. Like how the H E double hockey stick do you try to boil water and start a fire. But besides that I loved cooking, so it all works out. And the way this stuffed chicken breast with sundries tomatoes and spinach with sides of asparagus and wild black rice is smelling and looking, I nailed it. Everything was perfect, the table was set, the food was ready, and mom's wine was missing... CRAP!

How could I forget her wine, she'll never let me live it down. " oh fudge snaps, what time is it??" I thought out loud while searching for the time. " Great it's only 8:30 I can still make it she won't be back for another 30 minutes" I said as I quickly grabbed my coat and wallet. I know some of you are thinking " how is she gonna get wine she's 16" or " you can't your underage" RE-Lax ! Sweet granny Jen from next door runs a shop a few blocks away and she knows it for mom. And she's also a family friend I guess you can say.

Besides what's more fun than walking the streets of New York during the cold November nights for your spoiled child like mother. " EVERYTHING!!" I screamed and I pulled my hood up and my coat closed up around me. It's like the wind had a mission of chilling me to the bones. Just as I was walking something small and black crashed right Into my face..... literally.

"Ouch! What the frick frack!!!" I screamed as I fell in my now sore bum.

"Caw caw caaaawww"

"A crow?! Listen here you crow, don't you like have better things to do rather then run into my darn face!" I screeched in frustration.

"Now what would be better than running into you"

"What, what the fudge cake!?" Unless the little voice inside my head suddenly hit puberty, then what the what, was that!

"Caw caw caw"

"Not now crow, I'm currently losing my mind. Crap what time is it." I said looking at my watch " ugh 8:50 I don't have don't have time for this" Vera said in a hurry as she got up and rushed towards the store. Little did she know small dark, eyes never left her as she went on about her night.