Teen Mother by Celestina A. (the dot read aloud txt) 📕

heard Leslie’s voice and someone else’s it sounded like Mrs. Johnson and I went to go check and it was and Leslie was sitting down at the kitchen table and Mrs. Johnson was talking to her about her behavior. When I see them two talking and Mrs. Johnson said “I don’t understand why you’re acting this way your sister is trying to make your life easier and safer, I mean are you really that selfish and I know the reason why your acting up is because you miss your parents and I’m just trying to talk to you before Jordan gets up to yell at you so think of this as a time to grow up….oh and if I ever see you hit your brothers or sister then you pack your stuff and you can sleep outside” and Leslie said “ok so what can I do to make her not be mad at me anymore” and Mrs. Johnson said “be a good kid tomorrow and don’t give her a hard time and make her feel like she’s important and I don’t want to hear a bad word out of your mouth now that your living here and be nice to your brothers and I’m going to tell them about all this tomorrow now go to bed its late” and Leslie said “ok goodnight mom I love you” and she gave Mrs. Johnson a hug and I was surprised when she called her mom and then I went back to my room and fed the baby. Next morning Leslie cooked breakfast for everyone and she was treating everyone with kindness and Mrs. Johnson enrolled the kids in school already and she said she’s trying to figure out a school for me and I told her that that I was gonna have to go to a high school in new York because there’s no schools that would consider me. The only schools that would consider me is the high schools in New York so I enrolled into schools that were in new York and in about a year I can start driving to school so everything’s pretty good. Chapter 9: The guide to getting my license

The year 2008 is finally here only 2 weeks before my birthday and I can get my license, Leslie’s not being a snotty brat anymore she’s actually starting to be a good kid and she’s dressing more appropriate, Jason is ok but he still has the habit of talking back to me, Mikey and Michael are doing ok but they got into a fight at school because some kids were making fun of them and so they got into a fight but overall their ok, Mrs. Johnson is doing good too actually she’s been taking Leslie shopping and showing her around town and well the baby is ok he’s barely 2 and he talks already. So basically my life is ok but we’re still struggling but everything will fall into place but the whole school thing for me is not going so well, mainly because we have to drive all the way to new York just to go to school and then last year was pretty bad because I ended up getting pulled over by the new York police men and luckily they didn’t notice me well because my hair isn’t black anymore I had to dye it a different color so that way they don’t notice me and I got taller and that’s basically everything. Now all I have to do is get my license and turn 18 and I can buy my own house and I’m cool, I been having a lot of doubts lately for some reason like, if I should have come to new jersey or if I should have taken the kids but I mean Diana and John are the meanest parents ever and I can only imagine what they would do to my kids (now I’m calling them my kids because I been raising them basically their whole life).

“Let’s go guys I don’t want you to be late for school” and they all said “coming” and I said “wow you guys are hyper, eat your breakfast” and they ate their breakfast and Mrs. Johnson said “Good morning” and I said “good morning Mrs. Johnson did you sleep well” and she said “yes I did and I forgot Jordan you got a phone call from the driving program thingy and they said that you can take the test and if you pass you get your license” and I said “yes finally I can get my license and go to places and..” and she looked at me and said “if you pass the test” and I said “That won’t be a problem and I been practicing ever since I was like 5 or 6”. She said “well, if you think you can do it, we’ll start driving tomorrow or when you come home from school” and I said “why?” and she said “because you need to study and I want to see if you’ll do good and no radio or phone or cute boys” and I said “fine and the cute boys don’t look at me anyway because I look stupid” and she said “why don’t you just change your style I mean you look like you want to kill somebody and your always wearing black, dark blue, dark colors and your always wearing a sweater or a jacket” and I said “first of all how do I look like I want to kill somebody and the only reason I wear dark colors is because I hate yellow, green, pink, and brown and second of all why are you telling me how I should live my life” and she said “I’m trying to make your life easier by taking care of the kids and paying for school clothes and if you don’t like it here you can sleep outside with the dogs” and I said “fine well if that’s what gets you off my back then I’ll sleep out there till I’m old enough to where I can my own house and take care of the kids how I want to” and she said “fine when you get back from school Take your shit and get out of my house”.

At that time I knew I got her mad because she cussed at me and she never cusses at me or anyone but if you piss her off to where she can’t deal with you anymore she will make your life a living hell. After school I went to Mrs. Johnson’s room and nobody was in there and I see the kids and I said “have you seen Mrs. Johnson anywhere” and they said “she’s outside watering the grass” and I ran outside, went up to Mrs. Johnson and I said “Mrs. Johnson I’m sorry if I hurt you in any way and I promise I won’t do it again” and she said “let’s go” and I said “where” and she said “to the car so you can start driving” and I said “so your not mad at me” and she said “no I have been tough on you and I don’t want you to ever say anything like that ever again, do you hear me” and I said “yes ma’am never again”. We drove around for like a half hour and that was it and when we got home she didn’t criticize me or anything, she actually was giving me good advice like to stay in one lane and then if I want to turn I need to use my signal and other stuff.

Chapter 10: "Who's the boyfriend?"

2 days later I went driving with Mrs. Johnson again because she doesn’t want me to fail and I totally understand I mean I don’t want to fail either but as I was driving around the neighborhood I got a phone call from Jason and I told Mrs. Johnson to answer it. “Hello Jordan’s phone” Mrs. Johnson said and Jason said “can I talk to Jordan” and Mrs. Johnson said “wait I’ll put you on speaker because she’s driving” and she put it on speaker and she said “ok what is it” and he said “Leslie’s in the hospital and I just picked up Mikey and Michael can you come pick us up and then drive to the hospital and see what’s going on with Leslie and all I know is that she’s at the hospital” and I said “ok Jason get the kids and wait at the school and we’ll go pick you up”. As I was racing to go pick up the kids and get to the hospital, I was shaking, nervous and worried because Leslie usually calls me but instead she calls Jason and I’m a little anxious to see what happens. As we arrived at the hospital I got off the car as quickly as I could inside and I asked the front desk lady “what room is Leslie Sanchez in” and then some guy like 15 years old said “I know where she is I’ll show you” and I was confused but I followed him anyway and we went up to the room. The family and I were waiting for the doctor and she finally came out and she said “Jordan Sanchez” and I said “yes that’s me, is she ok” and she said “yes but I think you need to sit and calm down” and I sat down and I said “ok I’m calm” and she said “Leslie is pregnant (my face went blank) and she’s 2 months pregnant and her boyfriend is sitting right other there” and I looked at the guy and said “you little stupid son of bit-” and the doctor was covering my mouth and held me back. After a few minutes I calmed down and I went to go see Leslie and she was scared just from her face and I said “Are you ok?” and she said “yeah but you’re not gonna yell at me” and I said “not till we get home because here there is to many witnesses and at least at home I can tell you how stupid you are, how did you even get out of the house” and she said “Jordan I have a window and I sneak out of the house” and I closed the door and said “YOU KNOW THIS IS ABOUT THE STUPIDEST THING YOU COULD HAVE EVER DONE, DO YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY, WHAT DO