Emma sat back in the kitchen, eating the leftover food that her daughter had left while she browsed through her phone. She was proud of her daughter and was glad that she had moved a step higher from her comfort zone and was now joining the rest of her agemates in enjoying her high school life before it was too late for her. But what she was most proud of was her confidence in her body and not letting anyone walk over her as they always did back in her junior year. As she was watching her favorite show, she got a call from Carl. She smiled before picking it up. "What’s up, Carl?" "Nothing much; I just missed you and wanted to spend this evening with you." He said that, and she blushed. "I don’t think I can manage that now; my daughter has just left for the school dance, and I have to b

