embarrassment. Arrested three times, police walking in on us after the act, Mark wouldn't even think of dating me now, and his birthday was three days away. I was so close!
"You're just telling me what I want to hear," my father said smartly.
"You're right," I said with a sigh.
"You're eighteen now, Audrey. I thought this would stop once you turned eighteen; you're above some of these laws now. You're no longer affected by most of them, that’s probably why it was only three offenses this time, but it's gotten worse!" he said. He raked his fingers through his short hair, but his hair just snapped right back into place as if it had never been disturbed.
"Then why was I arrested?" I asked stupidly—I needed to learn to think before I spoke.
"You mean besides breaking curfew, which you can’t do until you’re in college, where they have their own rules, underage drinking, and resisting arrest? James caught you about ready to have sex with someone. Do you even know the meaning behind that?"
"Yes, it's a beautiful thing, and it's between two people who love each other. Wasn't mom like this when she was younger?" I asked turning to my mother, all the color quickly drained from her face. Her face was blank, but she on the verge of tears. I must have really upset her this time.
"Your mom's childhood was different than others’, Audrey."
"Why?" I asked. My mom seemed to be fighting to hold down her dinner.
"That's not important right now. Right now, we have to worry about your behavior. You're supposed to be setting an example for Kate, but instead you're acting like a common criminal. You need to straighten up, and no more seeing this kid that was ready to take advantage of you while you were drunk," my father said as he got up to take Kate back to bed.
"I've been seeing him for over a year! You can't just tell me to stop!"
"You've been what? That's illegal, Audrey if he’s younger than you!" Dad spat at me.
"It wouldn't be if Anna Cowles hadn't been so stupid to get herself kidnapped!" I yelled back at him. “She’s the reason these rules even exist!”
"It wasn't just Anna, Audrey!" My mother said forcing herself from her chair. At least now she had color returning to her face, too bad for me that color was red from anger. "There were twelve other girls before her that were taken! She's the only one that escaped and made it out alive."
"If she had died-" I started, but my mother quickly interrupted me.
"Then another girl would have gone through what she did, and maybe even a few more after that! Eventually he would have been found, and these rules may still be in effect. These regulations were made to protect you, and whether you like them or not they are here to stay! Now go to bed—I don't want to see you for the rest of the night!" my mother yelled, shouting at me for the first time in my life. I knew I had disappointed her, and it crushed my heart, but I didn't regret the choice.
"Fine," I said sourly, as I briskly walked out of the room and upstairs to my bedroom.
I didn't look back when my father tried calling me back downstairs. I didn't want to hear what he had to say. He would take my mom's side like always, even if she was wrong.
They had showed me just how much love can mean in a person's life while growing up, because they always stood together. They had been together for almost twenty years, and their love had never died. I had watched them every day when I was little, just praying I would find someone who cared for me like they cared for each other. They were both so overly cautious, though; I'm amazed they even decided to date each other by how guarded they were.
Their childhood must have sucked, but I wouldn't know since they didn't talk about it. I couldn't get my grandparents to tell me about them as children. It was as if their childhood years, my father from the age of ten until he was nineteen, and my mother from sixteen to twenty, was a total blank. I couldn't find
"You're just telling me what I want to hear," my father said smartly.
"You're right," I said with a sigh.
"You're eighteen now, Audrey. I thought this would stop once you turned eighteen; you're above some of these laws now. You're no longer affected by most of them, that’s probably why it was only three offenses this time, but it's gotten worse!" he said. He raked his fingers through his short hair, but his hair just snapped right back into place as if it had never been disturbed.
"Then why was I arrested?" I asked stupidly—I needed to learn to think before I spoke.
"You mean besides breaking curfew, which you can’t do until you’re in college, where they have their own rules, underage drinking, and resisting arrest? James caught you about ready to have sex with someone. Do you even know the meaning behind that?"
"Yes, it's a beautiful thing, and it's between two people who love each other. Wasn't mom like this when she was younger?" I asked turning to my mother, all the color quickly drained from her face. Her face was blank, but she on the verge of tears. I must have really upset her this time.
"Your mom's childhood was different than others’, Audrey."
"Why?" I asked. My mom seemed to be fighting to hold down her dinner.
"That's not important right now. Right now, we have to worry about your behavior. You're supposed to be setting an example for Kate, but instead you're acting like a common criminal. You need to straighten up, and no more seeing this kid that was ready to take advantage of you while you were drunk," my father said as he got up to take Kate back to bed.
"I've been seeing him for over a year! You can't just tell me to stop!"
"You've been what? That's illegal, Audrey if he’s younger than you!" Dad spat at me.
"It wouldn't be if Anna Cowles hadn't been so stupid to get herself kidnapped!" I yelled back at him. “She’s the reason these rules even exist!”
"It wasn't just Anna, Audrey!" My mother said forcing herself from her chair. At least now she had color returning to her face, too bad for me that color was red from anger. "There were twelve other girls before her that were taken! She's the only one that escaped and made it out alive."
"If she had died-" I started, but my mother quickly interrupted me.
"Then another girl would have gone through what she did, and maybe even a few more after that! Eventually he would have been found, and these rules may still be in effect. These regulations were made to protect you, and whether you like them or not they are here to stay! Now go to bed—I don't want to see you for the rest of the night!" my mother yelled, shouting at me for the first time in my life. I knew I had disappointed her, and it crushed my heart, but I didn't regret the choice.
"Fine," I said sourly, as I briskly walked out of the room and upstairs to my bedroom.
I didn't look back when my father tried calling me back downstairs. I didn't want to hear what he had to say. He would take my mom's side like always, even if she was wrong.
They had showed me just how much love can mean in a person's life while growing up, because they always stood together. They had been together for almost twenty years, and their love had never died. I had watched them every day when I was little, just praying I would find someone who cared for me like they cared for each other. They were both so overly cautious, though; I'm amazed they even decided to date each other by how guarded they were.
Their childhood must have sucked, but I wouldn't know since they didn't talk about it. I couldn't get my grandparents to tell me about them as children. It was as if their childhood years, my father from the age of ten until he was nineteen, and my mother from sixteen to twenty, was a total blank. I couldn't find
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