i (Pretty in Punk sequel/frerard)

Chapter 7

My grandma finally decided she likes me enough to get me a jade necklace

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We went through so many things but I was finally seeing my Mama. My dad was gonna come with me but I didn't want him to, so he let me go alone while he waited outside.

I sat in the chair opposite of my mom while I started crying. A piece of glass separated us and I picked up the phone on the wall as she did.

"Mama, I miss you," I sobbed.

"I missed you too, baby," she said.

"The monsters took me away," I said. "It was so scary, Mama, I was so scared."

"I'm sure you were, sweetheart," she said.

"But why couldn't we have gone outside and stuff when I was living with you?" I asked. "Stuff out there is so cool."

"It's dangerous, Gee," she said. "There's monsters out there. Haven't you seen them?"

I nodded my head. "There's a lot. I had a tutor and she was a monster. She did naughty stuff with me and then got upset because I told Frankie and bringed something called a gun to school and she hurt people."

"She raped you then shot up a school?!" She exclaimed.

"But it's okay, my boyfriend kept me safe," I stated.

"You have a boyfriend?" She asked and she sounded upset.

"Yeah, he's so nice," I said. "He's pretty too, he loves me so much. His name's Frank."

"You can't date," she denied. "You're my little baby."

"But I love him," I said. "He's my soulmate."

"You're not gonna keep dating him," she stated.

"But he's so perfect," I said. "Except he died two months ago."

"How'd he die?" She asked.

"He was in a car accident," I said. "They said he was doing weed so he crashed."

"He's a drug user?" She asked. "So he's bad."

"No, it was an accident," I said.

"If he was driving while smoking weed then it's his fault," she said.

"But he was only driving me home," I defended.

"You were in the car with him?!" She shrieked.

"Inmate," one of the police men scolded.

"But I wasn't in there when he crashed," I said. "But it's okay now because he still comes to see me. He's an angel now. He's always there to give me kisses and cuddles when I'm sad."

"Oh god, what have they done to you out there?" My mom muttered.

"Dad asks the same thing about you," I said. "The kids at school too. They pick on me because they say I'm weird. But I don't think I'm weird because Frankie says I'm perfect. A-and they have to put me into special classes at school because I'm not smart enough to be with the big kids.

"But I also made so many new friends. I have my brother and he's the nicest brother ever. And his boyfriend Pete is my friend too. And Pete used to be a girl but he wasn't supposed to so he's a boy now and now he's happy. And I'm also friends with Frank's friends and they're so nice to me. They all have tattoos and I think they're so pretty but they're scary to get them. I think I like Ray the most, he's so nice. And my friend Jamia from work too, she's nice."

My mom listened to everything I had to say, her lips pursed into a thin line.

"Ooh, and I watch this thing now called Hello Kitty and I love it so much," I said. "And I really like ice cream and mac and cheese. Also, Frank's mom and grandpa are so nice. And I work at a music place and I have a friend there and she taught me my ABCs and how to count money."