So how did my night go?
Let’s start with my mom’s crazy driving; she was pulling out in front of fast moving traffic like we were rushing to the hospital or something. So instead of down the street she drives into the Donut Shop parking lot. I’m thinking she’s got some secret alternate route to the dance that bypasses traffic and involves driving across the Donut Shop parking lot, but then she parks!
“Why don’t you grab us some donuts?” She says.
“Are you serious?” I say, cuz after avoiding smudging my lipstick all evening the last thing Vanessa would want me doing is eating a sprinkle donut.
But my mom wasn’t listening, she was looking into the Donut Shop, all around, like she left her keys in there and was trying to spot them from the car.
“Okay,” she says, once she’s satisfied with her scope of the place. “Go on. Get the donuts.”
“What donuts?”
“Something good, I’m hungry.”
“No one’s at the drive thru.” I point out. My mom just stares at me blankly. “Weren’t you the one saying we were going to be late?”
“Go! And hurry up.”
So I jump out of the van, cuz my mom is in a conspiring mood and I must go along with it for now, until I find out what she’s conspiring. Then I can get upset, or be pleasantly surprised, or probably just shake my head in disbelief.
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