Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

A group charged upstairs, following the commotion until they arrived in front of Roseanne's bedroom, where they were greeted by this scene- Lauretta was on the floor, surrounded by bags, bursting into tears and kicking her legs wildly as soon as she saw everyone barge in.

She was acting like a total drama queen.

"Lauretta, what's going on? Don't freak me out," Abbey rushed over and squatted beside her, "Come on, let's get you up..."

"No! I won't stand until Roseanne apologizes to me today!"

Roseanne snorted, "Fine, stay on the floor then. Lie down if you'd like."

"You"

Abbey's gaze hardened. "Apologize for what? Tell me, what happened?"

"Mom! Roseanne-she hit me-"

"What?" Abbey's eyes widened, turning to Roseanne, "How could you hit her?"

"Abbey, I'm really sorry, I went back to my room and heard some noise from the closet, thought it was a burglar, so... But, why was Lauretta in my room making all that racket?" As she spoke, her gaze swept over the bags scattered on the floor.

Abbey's expression changed several times, "I see... Lauretta was probably just curious, so she touched your things, but that's no reason to hit her!"

"I didn't know it was Lauretta when I hit her. I thought a burglar had broken in. I mean, what normal person rummages through someone else's closet..." Abbey shot her daughter a sharp look.

Lauretta avoided eye contact, guiltily pressing her lips together.

Madge, trying to lighten the mood, chuckled, "It's all a misunderstanding, let's clear it up and... how about we head down to the living room? Dinner's ready." Just then, a ringtone cut through the tension.

Norris, who was closer to Roseanne, went, "Darling, could you grab that for me?"

"Sure." But he accidentally hit the speakerphone button, and then everyone heard-

"Anne, did you check yet? How did you score? Is it enough for Kingswell University?!"

Leda's voice was clear and crisp.

Everyone froze.

"...Anne? Why aren't you saying anything? Can you hear me? Hello? Hello?"

Roseanne snapped back to reality and quickly took the phone, "I was about to check, ran into a little hiccup."

"Never mind that, check the scores! That's more important!"

"Alright."

The call ended, and everyone, including Lauretta who was still on the floor throwing a tantrum, stared at Roseanne.

Norris swallowed nervously, cautiously asking, "Anne, what scores are you checking?"

"My grad school entrance exam scores."

"You took the grad school entrance exam?!" Madge's voice was full of surprise. "Yeah."

Abbey raised an eyebrow, saying, "At your age... taking the grad school entrance exam?" "Come on, people in their forties take the exam, my age isn't that big of a deal, right?"

"Uh! What made you decide to take the exam all of a sudden?" Abbey pressed. "Oh, just for kicks."

Abbey was puzzled.

"Are the results out today?" Raven smiled, glancing at the laptop not too far away, "Looks like Anne was up here to check her scores, and

then found Lauretta...

Misunderstandings happen, but we're all family here. Lauretta, get up."

Lauretta, realizing she was losing the moral high ground, quickly decided to back down and stood up.

But then-

"Since we're checking scores, why not let

everyone have a look? Mynet

Ps must be so confident, acing it

Getting into grad school isn't a walk in the

ork, right? It's like a b aiming for Kingswell h

royale, and from what I