i'm just a kid

      ‘ yeah—— — that’s not happening. ’ 

     “fuck off. anglais paresseux. someone else is gonna be pissed at one of us and it won’t be me. you’re the older one in this situation, step up.”

‘ and what would THAT be? ’

      “maybe you’re annoying. you do have some opinions not everyone would like, ever think of that?”

       ‘ it’s collateral damage. not part my job description. ‘sides, you’re old enough to do house chores. now’s as good a time as any. ’ 

      “i don’t clean messes that aren’t mine. this is on you.”

 ‘ why wouldn’t i? of course i do — and i don’t appreciate the accusation that i don’t. ’ 

      “no accusing. more questioning. there must be a real reason they don’t like you.”

    ‘ —— - harleen’s too good for you, anyways. medium hands, maybe. i mean, they’re pretty small and veiny compared to mine, but they’re not the size of a cabbage patch doll’s either. thank thy lord. can you imagine just walking around with those greedy, little fists all the time. ‘

      “too good? how is she ‘too good’? i don’t know what cabbage patch hands are, but they don’t sound nice.”

     ❝     so you’re… not just tryin’ to keep SECRETS from me? i’m —— sorry, i didn’t think anyone would… i’m not much of a teacher in, well anything but – i could TRY to teach you? i’m useless at READING though.     ❞

       “why would i keep secrets? you already know much about me. you teach me english, i’ll teach you french and no books involved. good deal?”

     ❝     i… don’t know — where are WE going? and don’t just say “you’ll see” ‘cause i don’t wanna see, i wanna KNOW.     ❞

       “uh, it’s just a little spot that i go to when i want to get away from all this and my dad is home.  est-ce d’accord?”

     ❝     you don’t L I K E your father, my brother is… alright. i don’t actually want to kill him —— honestly, how can i talk to you if all you do is talk in FRENCH – it’s like you don’t even want to talk to me.     ❞

      “of course i want to talk to you, english is just... hard. it’s not my first language, so it takes longer to make english sentences. got it?”

     ❝     you’re such a CLOD, you’ve even got your own spot – you’re not… not HURT, right?     ❞

      “’m fine. it takes more than a little fall to hurt me. you don’t have to worry, okay? now are you coming or not?”

‘ LISTEN, here . . —- once you’re and adult, you’ll learn that it’s not fun and games anymore. we’re responsible, we’re wise, we’re undeniably, sexy, too. so, wait ‘till you grow to comment on anything i am doing so wrong. it’s just complicated — complex, a kid wouldn’t understand. you can’t be much older than my sister, anyways; harleen, great kids; needs some friends, so maybe you should ask her out. but nothing below the waist, the waist is the no no zone, are we clear? —– OFFTOPIC; your hands are smaller, try untangling this yourself. ‘

        ‘ you put the jar on the edge of the table. by nudgin’ it onto the floor, i saved both of us treasured time. you’re fuckin’ welcome. ’ 

      “well i’m NOT cleaning that, are you going to?”

‘ it means you stick with someone else, napoleon. a buddy. —— seventeen? right. maybe you do need a babysistter then. me? existed. it’s probably something ageist and sexist. i’m a young adult female, they probably want me cooking in rations or something fucking stupid. ’

     “maybe you’re just a bad worker. i do my shit, do you?”

‘ —- —- do i look like a babysitter to you, or are too dense to have heard of the “ buddy system ”? how old are you, seventeen? eighteen? closer to my age than sticking me with some old guy and acting as if it isn’t because they don’t trust me. ’

      “système buddy? what is the buddy system? i’m seventeen and i’ve been doing shit on my own since i was seven. i doubt they’d trust either of us, so what did you do to get on their bad side?”

     ❝     your insults can’t be MEAN if they sound too sweet with your… langue de l’amour… they’re absolute GARBAGE —— and you obviously said something BAD about my brother, which is rude, he basically raised me.     ❞

      “yeah, well my father tried to raise me and i still think he’s a prick. i don’t think your insults can be insults coming from un visage comme celui que vous avez.”

         ‘ okay, what part of the best i can didn’t you understand? i could repeat myself over and over again —- like a robot, if that’s what kiddo likes & needs to understand that the ADULTS are trying. working on this. working it, looking fine while doing so. if you think you can do much better, feel free to show off your skills & do it yourself !! ‘

     “i don’t understand what’s so fucking complicated to you. maybe if you just tell me what’s confusing the adults i can ACTUALLY help.”