Stephen Like every fantasy, reality has to come crashing down on you. Yeah, I like the bubble, as Laura called it. It was great being around people who care about how you are rather than how you look in the eyes of others. I should not have answered my phone today. When I saw it was my mother, I should have ignored it. But I didn’t, and now I’m forced to go back to my reality. I knew my dad was screwing around with some young girl. He has been for many years. The only difference is that the side chick changes. My mother was fine with it as long as no one knew about it. My parents' marriage is one of the reasons I do not want a forced marriage. I don’t want to pretend like they've been doing for years. Why now? What happened when my father suddenly decided he had to divorce my mother?

