The next day Emily awoke late as usual. She had missed the bus by fifteen minutes which now meant she had to be driven to school by her mother. This was going to be a long car ride she thought to herself. Mom is still pretty angry about last night. In a rush she threw on an old pair of blue jeans, an orange spaghetti strap top and a sweatshirt. Her mother beeped the horn from the driveway and Emily ran to the car as fast as she could.
The door closed with a secure thud and her mother said nothing. Emily was expecting a tirade, even relishing in one, but it didn't come. They rode the entire ride in silence. It wasn't until they got a few blocks from school that her Mom finally broke the quiet of the car ride.
"Do you need new clothes?"
"What?"
"Clothes? Pants? Shirts? Those are looking a bit scruffy."
Emily glanced down at herself. Scruffy? Before Emily left the house she thought she looked pretty good. I mean sure a sweatshirt wasn't the most flattering choice she could have gone with but it was comfy and was completely bereft of holes, stains, or rips. But seated in the car Emily saw what her Mom meant. The cuffs of her sweatshirt were hanging halfway down her hand and the cuffs of her jeans were hanging just over the sides of her shoes.
"After all that silence your going to criticize my fashion choices? Thanks but no thanks Joyce."
"Joyce" was her mom's weakness. No matter how calm her mother was calling her by her first name was a sure fire way to throw her into a fit of rage. But it didn't come. Joyce just kept driving.
"I realize that you think you're an adult now that can make adult decisions. As your mother there's nothing I can do now. So make your choices. I just hope they're good ones."
With that they arrived at the school and Emily got out of her car. As her mother drove away she grabbed the top of her jeans and picked them up higher on her body.
"Maybe it is time for new clothes," Emily thought.
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