By the time I got home I was still emotional and my brother somehow noticed.

“What’s up with you, did you get dumped or something?”

What’s with everybody being so damn selfish today? I thought, I got so annoyed I said nothing and just went straight to my room.

I was in no mood for talking to anyone. Mom came to me; the door was open I hadn’t even notice.

“May I come in?” she asked standing at the door.

“No! Go away please, I wanna be left alone,” she made her way into the room anyway.

“You know, you don’t have to be this mean Lee,” really, was she there to lecture me? I thought as she sat on the bed next to me.

“I’m in no mood for one of your lectures mom, please go away.”

“Sweet heart, I’m not her to lecture you. Why would I? Obviously something’s bothering you and I wanna know what it is,” she sounded so sincere but I didn’t buy it. She never cared before so why would she start now? I just looked away and said nothing

“You know if really did get dumped you have to – ,”

“Seriously mom, who would dump me? I have no friends and no boyfriend. So tell me who would dump where there’s nothing to dump?” I was so pissed off I wanted to give her a big slap on her face.

“You have Kim, didn’t you go out with her this afternoon?” she asked.

“Well I did. But she’s also never here she only comes when she’s got nothing to do. She actually told me to get a boyfriend today, that way I won’t be so alone. Can you believe that?” Mom just sat there surprised, she just stared at me like I was crazy or something.

“Oh,” she said after a very long pause. “Maybe it’s time you look for new friends. I mean… honey you have to understand that Kim’s no longer the same; she has a new life now. She has to spend time with her other friends too,”

“Well I understand that perfectly mom. Thanks for reminding me anyway,” this talk was going nowhere and I wanted it to be over and done with so I could go back to my misery. She wasn’t any help at all.

“Maybe you and I should go out tomorrow. What do you say?” Now we were getting somewhere, some quality time with my mom that was something hey!

“Really, just the two of us?” I had to be sure.

“Yes baby, just the two of us,” she grinned.

“Wait tomorrow’s Sunday. Aren’t we gonna go to church?” My mom was a very loyal woman of God, but she was still smiling.

“Yes baby, we’ll just go after church,” she said. “Just the two of us,”

I couldn’t believe my ears, after a very long time of being ignored I was finally going to spend some quality time with my mom.

“Let me go finish up dinner, see you down stairs,”

She left. I couldn’t help but smile to myself. I was finally getting attention… Yeeepiii!

During dinner I was in an extremely good mood. I guess I was really desperate to spend time with my mama and I didn’t realise that until that very special moment in my room earlier.

“You’re in such a good mood Lee, weren’t you miserable just a couple of hours ago?” asked Brandon, my brother.

“Well, like you said Brandon that was hours ago. Things changed; my mama cheered me up,” my mother and I exchanged smiles and everyone looked at us curiously.

“What exactly did mom say to you?” my sister, Lily asked.

“I just promised her a girls’ night out tomorrow,”

“What?” Lily looked surprised.

“A girls’ night out?” I asked too. I never thought that she meant it that way earlier. A ‘night out’! This was getting better and better.

“Well why didn’t you tell me then?” Lily asked.

“Cause you’re not invited,” I said confidently.

“That’s not fair at all mom. I’m also a girl in this house aren’t I?” Lily complained. I got so annoyed immediately.

“But Lily this is for me and I want it to be just mom and me,” was that a lot to ask?

“I also wanna spend time with mom and you,”

“Make your own date then,” I said. “And by the way, you’re always with mom and I don’t complain, not even one bit. Why do you when it’s my turn?” It was time like these when I just totally hated Lily.

“No its fine Lee, we can all go together. It’s still going to be a girls’ night,” mom said.

“Or we could all just go together and call it ‘a family night’. It’s been a while since we’ve had one of those,” Brandon suggested.

Oh there was the master in ruining my life; Brandon. I truly hated him at that moment, how dare he?

“Ok then we’ll go, we all need it anyway,” mom finally said. I lost interest in the whole thing. I just wished I wouldn’t be part of it anymore.

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How do you think the family night out with go? How will this make Lee feel?