I texted Asher saying that I wasn't feeling well and that I needed to cancel our date before I left school.

My mom picked me up from school and held me while I cried in her arms.

She's usually traveling, so the fact that she was here and is willing to stay a few days because of me makes me feel happy.

She immediately took me home without any words and placed me in my room.

"What's wrong, pumpkin?" She asks me as she hands me another carton of Ben and Jerry's ice cream

I accept the carton and start to eat out of it as I look at the...