Grades

I do not seem to be able to get a break. If it is not my sister, it is April.

Madison has been in, to put it mildly, quite the mood lately. I really hoped she would get over that Nick kid much more smoothly. After all, he was not good for her to begin with, then he tried to take advantage of her vulnerabilities. If I did not already promise my sister and the several Earth government that know I exist that I would not vaporize anyone, Nick would be first on the list. But Madison seems to really miss him. She has been quite depressed lately, and she has even let her grades slip, which is not like her at all.

Then, I have April pressuring me for all sorts of reasons. There are Madison’s aforementioned grades. Since April is Madison’s teacher, she has some interest in the matter. To add to that, April keeps reminding me that Madison needs to start looking at colleges to apply to next year. Presumably, my sister’s advanced knowledge of pan-dimensional travel is not even good enough for her resume, even though she was more advanced than most of our own kind on the matter.

April seems to be under enough pressure as it is as we come closer to the end of the school semester. I have also continued to work at the school, so I have my own grades to turn in. April has also been pressing me on some plan for the “holidays.” For me, the holiday was Thanksgiving, but there are all of these end of year holidays that take up so much importance, particularly with family.

Yes, and there is the family element. Even though it was Madison’s idea in the first place that I ask April out, she does not want anything to do with her. I can understand April is Madison’s teacher, but my sister has been downright rude to her lately, which April has taken offense to. April insists she is trying to remain calm and professional when it comes to Madison’s class work, but April seems to be putting all the blame for Madison’s behavior on me, as if I have some control over my teenage sister.

Honestly, I do not understand these human females I am surrounded with. Perhaps Charles is right and I need to find more male friends to balance it all out.