Sky slammed her bedroom door.
"What a bitch!" she thought as she buried her face in a pile of pillows.
Sky and her mother had been fighting constantly. The two women had short fuses, liable to explode at the slightest provocation or disagreement. To make matters worse, they seemed determined to annoy each other. It was a bit like picking a scab. They couldn't help pushing each other's buttons, and perhaps screaming at each other was only way they could release their respective frustrations.
Sky rolled onto her back and frowned at the ceiling. She took a few deep breaths and tried to calm down. She wanted to scream but she knew it wouldn't make her feel any better. Could anyone be more annoying? Now matter what she did, her mother always found something to complain about. Why should she hold her tongue when her mother had nothing nice to say?
After a few deep breaths, she started to calm down.
Maybe it wasn't just her mom that was making her feel so frustrated. For one thing, that asshole Jimmy Brevis was a real dick. He had spent weeks flirting with her and then he asked Sandy out instead. Wtf? Sky rolled off the bed and looked at herself in the mirror. Her boobs weren't as big as Sandy's, but they weren't small either. She turned around and admired her ass in the mirror.
"What kind of dumbass would say no to an ass this hot?" she wondered.
Sky continued admiring herself in the mirror, running her hands over her body, squeezing her breasts to confirm their sufficiency and bending over to make her ass look a little bigger. She knew she was hot. Maybe she should just settle for one of the other losers who salivated over her between lectures. She needed a dick inside her, badly, and could feel the sexual frustration boiling up inside her. No wonder she was always fighting with her mom.
"Sky?"
Speak of the devil.
"Don't you knock?!" Sky complained.
Jane had tip-toed up the stairs and pushed open her daughter's bedroom. Sky had been looking at herself in the mirror, but had quickly turned to scowl at her mother, hands placed on her wide hips in a defiant stance which said, "I'm nineteen mom, can't I get a little privacy?"
An awkward silence filled the space between them.
"What do you want, Mom? I don't feel like arguing anymore," she said, folding her arms across her ample teen bosom.
Jane admired her daughter's beauty and sighed.
"Me neither sweetie. I came to apologise. I'm sorry I lost my temper with you."
That was a surprise. Her mother usually came to demand an apology.
"It's okay, Mom. I'm sorry I called you a bitch."
Jane stiffened at the reminder but stayed cool. She really wanted to make amends. She had been especially harsh on Sky lately and she hadn't bothered to talk to her, one on one, for a good few weeks now. Maybe they could work things out and put all the nastiness behind them.
Jane sat down on the bed and asked her daughter to join her. She didn't know quite where to begin so it was a relief when Sky got the ball rolling.
"Why do you lose your temper so easily, Mom?"
"If you must know the truth, I haven't been sleeping well. Your father..." she trailed off, hoping to avoid having to give a clear explanation. "Let's just say he keeps me awake at night."
Sky offered a sympathetic expression.
"I'm sorry Mom. So Dad's snoring is why you've been such a b... I mean, why you've been so grumpy recently." Sky caught her tongue just in time.
"Something like that."
So it wasn't her fault after all. All her mom needed was a good night's rest. She knew her dad snored and that her mom was a light sleeper, but she never realised it was that bad.
"What about you? Why were you so upset earlier?"
Sky really appreciated her mom being so open with her and decided to be perfectly honest.
"Probably because I don't have a boyfriend."
She went on to explain how the guy she had been vibing with asked another girl out and how frustrating it was to be single while all her friends were hooking up. For some reason, she felt comfortable talking to her mom about it after her mother's confession and it was good to get everything off her chest. They were breaking down the barriers in their relationship and it suddenly seemed absurd that they had been screaming at each other a few minutes earlier.
Jane's eyes softened. "Oh, honey," she said, pulling her daughter into a hug. "Your father and I are always here for you, no matter what."
Sky nestled closer. The familiar scent of her mother's lavender lotion comforted her.
"I know. It's just...frustrating."
"Honey, you're so pretty and you have a fantastic figure, just like your mother did at your age." Jane winked at her daughter. "The right guy will come along, you'll see..."
Sky clearly needed some male attention. Jane tried to think if any of her work colleagues had single sons. Nobody sprung to mind. Sensing her mother's wheels turning, Sky pulled back.
"Mom," she said gently, "honestly, I'm not that worried about a boyfriend right now. I'm more worried about you getting a good night's sleep. Maybe then we won't fight so much, and you'll have more energy."
Jane's understood then that her own short temper had affected Sky more than she realized. A wave of guilt washed over her. "You're right, sweetie," she admitted, squeezing her daughter's hand. "I shouldn't lose my temper so easily."