“I cant believe her. How could she treat me like this? …How could I let her treat me like this……. UGHHH! I’ll be so glad once I’ve finally settled in at Dan’s. At least I’ll be able to live my life uninterrupted, now that I’m away from her.”

“Hey babe, how was yo-”

“Not right now, Dan. Just… No.” Kelly muttered as she stomped into the kitchen.

“Ouch.. Bad day at work, huh?”

“Oh, no. My day was perfect until I ran into my mother. If only it had been with our car…”

“You sure that’s covered under our insurance?” Dan struggled to refrain from laughter.

“Dan. C ’mon.”

Dan planted a soft kiss on Kelly’s forehead. “I’m sorry Hun, you wanna talk about it?”

“You wanna listen?”

“Hmm, good point.”

“Daaann!” Kelly whined. “This is serious. My own mother called me stupid and told me to go to hell!”

“Well, that’s gotta be better than living with her.” Dan snickered.

“That’s what I said! ughh… I mean, why can’t she just understand? Why can’t she just let me be happy???”