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136 days before ...
The week before my departure from home my mom decided it was a very briliant idea to throw me a farewell party. Although I tried, believe me I Tried, to convince her that it wasn't necessary she insited. Poor woman, blinded by the belief that I've hidden my gazillion friends from her, made lots of Nacho, decorated the living room .. God, she even hang one of those embarassing slogans - 'Good luck, Maria ! '. Lovely, just lovely.
When finally the clock struck 16:58 me, my delusional mother and my father sat down on the coach and waited.
It was 17:24 and I very carefully explained that no one was gonna show up but my parents were too optimistic for their own good.
' Honey I'm sure your friends are gonna be here any minute. They are probably preparing a surprise for you .. yeah ... that's why they are taking so long.'
My father was nodding his head like there was no tommorow. I felt dizzy watching him.
By the time it got 18:07 I saw the spark in their eyes go out. They finally accepted the reality.
'Baby is this way you are transfering schools. Oh, God .. I'm so sorry. Me and your dad thought that ... '
'Mom I'm 101% sure I told you nobody is coming. And that's not the reason I just-'
'Maria is someone bulling you. Tell me I can talk with the school.'
I could already see steam going out of, well every possible place on my father's head. Things escalated far too quick.
'No, no, no ... dad! It's fine, really.'
It took some time to calm down my father and my mother almost passed out a couple of times but in the end we all sat down and watched TV. We even ate the ridiculous amount of food my mother made.
'Listen, I'm leaving because I want to find 'The big Maybe' in life. It's got nothing to do with me not having friends here or bulling or anything of the sort. Come on .. do I look sad to you?'
I could practicly hear the gears in their heads working. They were thinking real hard about something. Then they shared a look which I couldn't understand and my mother spoke.
'It's your life after all so we can't say anything. Just remember that you're stil 17 so this is the only freedom we are giving you. Plus the school is strict enough to control teenagers like you. Yeah ... I hope it's the same as when me and your aunt went there. But is's mixed now so I'm kind of worried. Oh, Lord Maria ... don't do anything stupid I'm too young to be a grandmother ..'
'Mom, mom .. snap out of it. You're rambling again and it's not like I'm filming Jersey shore or anything. Just chill for a second, okay.'
'Heather I think you are overreacting. I've got to agree with Maria on this one. Come on, you've been watching too much TV.'
With that the night was over.