They Don't Want To Grow up

   I stood up and left for her room. When I got to her door, I had to knock and within a second she invited me in.

  "If you are here to talk me out about you going to live with your sister then you better turn back and leave my room, Jen"

   "Mummy but you know that I can possibly go to my sister's place. I am an adult for crying out loud, how will you expect me to go and live with her as big as I am. It seems you have forgotten that I am your last daughter who needs to be pampered. You know that if I go to my sister's place, she won't pamper me like I am supposed to be pampered"

  Mum shook her ahead and look at me

"Jenny stop whining and go and pack your bags, you leave tomorrow morning. I was thinking of giving you to the end of the week but by the way you are going, you are leaving tomorrow morning because if you stay another day, you might convince me for you to stay back.

   Look at it this way, it's your sister we are talking about here. She is heavy with a child and will be due any moment, Jenny. It is the least you can do for her, you are not staying there forever and I am not going to talk about this again. Please leave me alone."

  I saw that there was no way I was going to convince her so I gave up and left the room frowning.

  "A whole me will go and live with a grown up who is old enough to look after herself. They don't want to grow up."

  I fumed while on my way to my room.

I got to my room to see my phone screen blink, it was ringing. Had it been I did not come into the room I would not have realized that it is ringing. This bad habit that had refused to leave me, leaving my phone on don't disturb mode.

   "Hello Tasha, what's up?"

"Hello baby girl! what's up with your voice, you sound like you are down?"

The voice of my best friends ran cheerfully at her end.

   "It's nothing, Tasha. How are you by the way? Why are you calling?"

"Don't tell me that trash, I know when something is wrong with you"

  She said obviously.

  "Is that obvious?"

"Of Course it is obvious, Jen. So tell me, what is it?"

She insisted I tell her what my problem is.

   "Mom insist I go live with Susan for a while"

I told her and she went silent.

"No way baby girl, you know you can't"

I know right and I had tried to talk to Mom about it but she would not hear. She wants me to go. Tasha, you know if I go I will be doomed. I don't know what to do"

   I said, almost crying.

"I know right. Did you tell her the reason you don't want to go?"

  "Tasha, I did not. You know I can't possibly do that."

I said and she sighed. I could imagine how sorry she would be feeling on my behalf.