“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

Even though I'd been super worried about the reactions I'd gotten, especially at the end of lunch, I finally realized they would all forget those things in about 5 minutes, anyhow. The girl that was in my class, Katie, walked with me, and she chatted about her assignments so far.

I was surprised when, right before class started, Katie said, "I don't really like it when everyone talks kike, well, you know, they did at lunch. I just, I don't know, never said anything about it. I like how you are confident enough about what you think..."

Just then we were instructed to open our books, so I just smiled and nodded.

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This afternoon was really hard. I was pretty tired, so I thought I might take a nap before dinner. When I walked in the door, I didn't even think about it again until bed time. Something was up, and I knew it immediately, because mom was in the kitchen, crying.

Jessa had somehow gotten home before the rest of us. I knew that, because she wasn't on our bus. When I asked Joe, he said not to have the driver wait, and I asked him if he knew something, but he walked to the back of the bus. I assumed she was going home with a friend.

I sat down at the table, but I didn't ask anything, not because I was scared, not because I didn't care, but because I knew I probably couldn't solve it, and I just wanted to fix whatever happened. I got up eventually, and started looking through the fridge for dinner options. Mom finally said something. "I just don't know why she has to get kicked out the second day of school!"

I was the third child, not an expert on life, not really sure what to do. So I just hugged her and hoped whatever it was, that it wasn't too bad.