Chapter 2
It's the morning, and Erimentha talks about getting dressed in a way that gives me Patrick Batemen's morning routine vibes. She notes that she sleeps as straight as a 2B pencil, and lobbied her parents to get Nathan a double bed. I'm surprised that he's permitted to sleep in a bed, and not in a cage under the stairs. Erimentha also talks about how she and her mum would watch Nathan sleep at night. Other than the clear lack of boundaries this family has, they also admonish the poor boy for sleeping 'like a starfish'. (see: pencil)
She talks about the shopping trip and Nathan bounces around the bed store like a lovable stupid labrador that is about to go and live on a nice farm. Erimentha apologises to the shop assistants for his transgressions of behaving like a child.
Erimentha gets driven to school by her mum, who wants to go in with her, but is reminded by her plucky daughter that Nathan has a doctor's appointment - I can only assume to check he's a tissue match for Erimentha should she need an organ from him in later life.
The Head of School introduces herself and Erimentha judges her to be sensible and no-nonsense, based on her brown penny loafers. Damn girl, let the woman have a break! Mrs Stafford is only on a teacher's salary and I assume spends the bulk of her take home pay on her mortgage and tanqueray to cope with the drudgery of her life.
Anyway, they're in class with another one-dimensional teacher and we hit the infamous, 'What I did during the summer speech'. I'm running out of steam, just like her teachers. Erimentha likes to tell people facts, pre-empting everything with, "Did you know?..." She offers up an essay for this poor bastard to read and he politely accepts her offer, his resolve worn down to a nub.
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Disclaimer: As I said, it takes guts to put a story out there and Ruby if you're reading, this is done in light-hearted jest, we all do embarrassing tit when we're young