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that I didn’t want her to come up and be a part of this.  Wouldn’t you know that she has not missed one appointment.  Many of the appointments we are in them together, but every so often I ask to go in alone.  She never pushes me to be a part of a therapy session that I feel I need to do alone.  I feel guilty though because after every one of those appointments she patiently waits in the lobby of the building until I am done.  On those days she always asks to take me to dinner or coffee or ice cream and I always decline saying that I have too much homework.  
    As I sit on the bus I look through my notes for my next final. I’m relieved that I took a final on Monday and one today. Now I only have one more exam and a paper due before the week is over. The time change hasn’t happened yet and darkness sets in earlier than I’d like. The lights of the cars in traffic blur by as the bus makes its stops. I look back down to my notes, but find my mind drifting. I decide that today is going to be a session I do alone. It’s becoming more and more difficult to push back the feelings I have about Reed and everything that happened last year. I press my eyes closed and lean against the window of the bus remembering…
    After being home for a week the gnawing pit in my stomach continued to grow.  I couldn’t decide what I was most upset about… the fight, how I left Reed and took advantage of him or that my mom came home.  I was lying in my bed like I had been doing since I had gotten home when my dad came in.  My back was turned to him and I felt too weak to even turn over to face him.  He sat down on the side and was quiet.  I’m sure he was waiting for me to divulge more of what happened, but all I could do was cry. 
    “Katherine, sweetheart.”   He paused before he continued.  “Please you need to tell us more of what happened.  I can’t fix this if you don’t tell me.  Who was Kyle fighting and why?”
    I began to turn over and pull myself up to lean against the headboard relieved that my dad’s back was to me.  I can’t stand to see him hurt like this. 
    “Please Katherine.” His tone was more firm than it had been since I got home and I could hear a hint of frustration.
    “Reed.   That’s who Kyle was fighting…”  Before I could explain anything else he interrupted me with a fierce tone that I had never experienced before.
    “You will not talk to either of them again, do you understand me?”
    “Dad, hold on, that’s …”
    “No, you listen to me Katherine, that’s it.  I won’t hear of you talking to either of these guys.  This is what got you in this situation.”  He was practically yelling now and I sobbed loudly as I pulled my knees up to my face.  I didn’t have the strength to protest him and explain how Reed saved me.  Before he could continue my mom came to the door.
    “ Dan, stop it.  That’s enough,” She whispered softly.
    “Karen, don’t you dare tell me how to handle this.  You have no right.”  I buried my face into my knees a little more and hugged myself trying to block out everything.  I can’t ever remember hearing my dad talk like this to my mom and even though I had all kinds of anger built up towards her I couldn’t stop myself from wanting to protect her. 
    The bus screeches to a halt and I pull myself from my memory just in time to grab my bag and get off the back of the bus. I walk up a couple buildings until I come to the one that holds my therapist. As I come around one of the structures I see my mom sitting on the stairs leading up towards the doors. When she sees me come into view she smiles brightly, as if we are just any mother and daughter meeting up, but my heart and mind know otherwise. I give her credit though because she tries and hasn’t let up on trying to get close to me again.
    “Hi mom,” I say simply.
    “Hi sweetie, how are you?” She moves towards me and lightly hugs me.
    “Okay, just finished my second mid-term