The Frendzation Program

Something's Wrong.

Beep beep beep!

I took the pillow I laid my head and swung it to the annoying alarm by my bed side. It fell on the floor with a thud, and from the cluttering sound I'm sure it broke. This was the third alarm my mom got me after she had had enough of me being late for school. I had broken all the alarms I got, I know swinging alarms off tables and breaking them was not right, but I had a very good explanation --  I hated alarms, especially when they disturbed my beauty sleep.

Why was the alarm ringing so early in the morning?  I thought to myself.

And then it hit me. Today was another school day. I lazily got up from my bed and walked over to my bathroom.

Usually when I cracked my alarm, my mom would come by my door and yell for me to get up, but today she did not. Maybe she was too tired.

I dressed up and did all I had to do then raced downstairs and grabbed my self some breakfast. I then got a message from Dan.

Hey dude, running late again? -- Dan

U know me:) -- Freddy

Just wanted to tell you about Carly. -- Dan

Who?! -- Freddy

Carly - my cousin. She's the girl u saw when u came to my house before school resumption day-- Dan

You mean, the girl that was giving me some weird looks at the party.-- Freddy

Yeah, but nah she wasn't giving u weird looks, she was staring and blushing at you.-- Dan

What about her? -- Freddy

Yeah, she's throwing a party at her house sometime soon and she asked me to invite you. It's going to be awesome you have to attend.-- Dan

Yeah, I'll think about it. Gotta drive now see u soon. -- Freddy.

See ya. -- Dan

I dropped my plate in the sink and then drank some water.

"Mom, I'm off to school." I shouted.

Silence.

"MOM!" I called out again, but there was no answer. Before coming downstairs I had checked her room and she was not there. Maybe she had gone out early for some work, she had been working pretty hard these days, sometimes she came late at night looking drained out and exhausted, I think her bosses may have increased her work load. I tried talking to her about not overstressing herself, but she would just shrug it off.

But...

... What if she was not at work, what if my father took her?

I immediately ran to my phone so I could try and call hers but a piece of paper that was lying near my phone caught my eye. I had not noticed it earlier when I was eating and texting Dan.

From the back of it, it looked like it had some words written on it. I turned it over and read:

Hey honey, I've gone out.
I'm sorry I didn't tell you,
I didn't want to disturb your
sleep. See you later.

Love, mom

I let out a sigh of relief. I really thought my father had done something. Just to verify it was her, I took a close look at the handwriting. It was definitely her.

I grabbed my bag, walked to my car and drove off to school.

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