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Author: Sophia Acheampong
like thatâs gonna happen to me on a revision course! Thatâs totally illogical! Listen,Iâm getting evils from people in the queue. I have to go. Catch up when I get back.
Diva:
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Yeah, thanks. BTW how did you smuggle your mobile in? I thought they banned them on the course?
BoredBharti:
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They did. I went old-school and hid it in my sock, which meant faking a sprained ankle.About five of us got away with it. Iâm in the cool crowd, Makeeda. Bye!! X
Talking to Bharti had made me realise a lot of things. But first things first: I needed to tell Mum and Dad the truth about the puberty ceremony. I couldnât go on pretending I was really excited to do it, when it freaked me out and could potentially ruin my holiday.
I walked into the living room to find Mum and Dad sitting on the sofa. Mum must have got back early and calmed Dad down. She had her legs across Dadâs lap. I was just grateful they werenât kissing. Recently theyâd been all over each other, ever since theyâd started going to the gym together. When your own love life wasnât exactly high on the old kissometer, the last thing you needed to see were PDAs (Parental Displays of Affection). Bharti and I both agreed it messed with your head. I mean, we were living proof it went on so we really didnât need to see it.
âYou OK, Makeeda?â Dad asked.
âUm ⦠I need to tell you something.â
âYou look so worried ⦠Dad began.
Mum immediately sat up and nudged Dad to be quiet. Their relaxed faces suddenly changed to what I called high-level alert. Itâs like their bodies went rigid into a pre-explosion state of anger, where the words from my lips could potentially act as a trigger. I hadnât been on the receiving end of one of those in a while now but it didnât make this any easier for me.
âI â¦â
âMakeeda, youâre notâ¦â Dad began.
âWhat?â I prompted.
â⦠with child?â he said, removing his glasses.
âWith what?â I said, horrified. Actually, I wasnât sure what was more shocking; the fact that Dad couldnât say pregnant or that he thought I would be!
âItâs OK, we can work things out â¦â Mum began.
âNooo! Ohmigod! Why would you think that? You always said I was too young to ⦠Seriously, why would you think that?â
âOh thank God!â Mum interrupted.
I actually heard Dad sigh in relief. This was the problem with all those newspaper articles about teenage pregnancies. Mum and Dad always got a bit weird after reading them.
Bharti had told me that, when her parents had sat her and her brother Tejas down for âthe chatâ, it had been so embarrassing that Tejas had walked out saying heâd ask their cousin Deeps, and she said sheâd ask Meena.
âI canât be a glamorous granny. I havenât finished the yummy mummy part yet!â Mum said.
âHmm ⦠if you say so, but I did see a grey hair ââ Dad began.
âWhere?â Mum said alarmed.
Dad started laughing.
âOh very funny!â Mum said, poking him.
I coughed loudly. I could see a PDA coming on and I was too far from the door to escape.
âSo Makeeda, whatâs the problem?â
âThe puberty ceremony,â
âAhh ⦠Your nana probably railroaded you into it, didnât she?â Mum said.
âWell, not exactly. I just sort of did the yeah, yeah thing â the line was pretty bad â¦â
âMakeeda!â Dad said, shocked. âThatâs no way to treat your grandmother!â
âLike you havenât done it before,â Mum said to Dad.
This was a new one. They never discussed stuff like that in English. Mum and Dad had seriously altered their parental style recently.
âWell, just concentrate on your revision for now and you can decide later about the ceremony.â
âThanks, Mum,â
Diva:
  Â
Yeah, thanks. BTW how did you smuggle your mobile in? I thought they banned them on the course?
BoredBharti:
  Â
They did. I went old-school and hid it in my sock, which meant faking a sprained ankle.About five of us got away with it. Iâm in the cool crowd, Makeeda. Bye!! X
Talking to Bharti had made me realise a lot of things. But first things first: I needed to tell Mum and Dad the truth about the puberty ceremony. I couldnât go on pretending I was really excited to do it, when it freaked me out and could potentially ruin my holiday.
I walked into the living room to find Mum and Dad sitting on the sofa. Mum must have got back early and calmed Dad down. She had her legs across Dadâs lap. I was just grateful they werenât kissing. Recently theyâd been all over each other, ever since theyâd started going to the gym together. When your own love life wasnât exactly high on the old kissometer, the last thing you needed to see were PDAs (Parental Displays of Affection). Bharti and I both agreed it messed with your head. I mean, we were living proof it went on so we really didnât need to see it.
âYou OK, Makeeda?â Dad asked.
âUm ⦠I need to tell you something.â
âYou look so worried ⦠Dad began.
Mum immediately sat up and nudged Dad to be quiet. Their relaxed faces suddenly changed to what I called high-level alert. Itâs like their bodies went rigid into a pre-explosion state of anger, where the words from my lips could potentially act as a trigger. I hadnât been on the receiving end of one of those in a while now but it didnât make this any easier for me.
âI â¦â
âMakeeda, youâre notâ¦â Dad began.
âWhat?â I prompted.
â⦠with child?â he said, removing his glasses.
âWith what?â I said, horrified. Actually, I wasnât sure what was more shocking; the fact that Dad couldnât say pregnant or that he thought I would be!
âItâs OK, we can work things out â¦â Mum began.
âNooo! Ohmigod! Why would you think that? You always said I was too young to ⦠Seriously, why would you think that?â
âOh thank God!â Mum interrupted.
I actually heard Dad sigh in relief. This was the problem with all those newspaper articles about teenage pregnancies. Mum and Dad always got a bit weird after reading them.
Bharti had told me that, when her parents had sat her and her brother Tejas down for âthe chatâ, it had been so embarrassing that Tejas had walked out saying heâd ask their cousin Deeps, and she said sheâd ask Meena.
âI canât be a glamorous granny. I havenât finished the yummy mummy part yet!â Mum said.
âHmm ⦠if you say so, but I did see a grey hair ââ Dad began.
âWhere?â Mum said alarmed.
Dad started laughing.
âOh very funny!â Mum said, poking him.
I coughed loudly. I could see a PDA coming on and I was too far from the door to escape.
âSo Makeeda, whatâs the problem?â
âThe puberty ceremony,â
âAhh ⦠Your nana probably railroaded you into it, didnât she?â Mum said.
âWell, not exactly. I just sort of did the yeah, yeah thing â the line was pretty bad â¦â
âMakeeda!â Dad said, shocked. âThatâs no way to treat your grandmother!â
âLike you havenât done it before,â Mum said to Dad.
This was a new one. They never discussed stuff like that in English. Mum and Dad had seriously altered their parental style recently.
âWell, just concentrate on your revision for now and you can decide later about the ceremony.â
âThanks, Mum,â
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