"Are you SMOKING?"

So, I was in my room reading a bit of fan fiction from www.fanfiction.net and figuring out which homework assignment to do first. Well, when my mom came in to drop off my freshly-squeezed orange juice, I was busy so I didn't really drink it at first. Well, my mom stayed and told me how I should drink it... (Mom = text; Me = text; Stage Directions = [text])

START OF SIMULATION BETWEEN MOM AND I:

[Standing Just In The Doorway] You really should drink it. It's good for you and - Are you smoking??

[Abruptly Stops Reading and Turns to Stare With a Slight Smile on My Face From Entertaining Read] Yu - What? [Pause and Digests What Mom is Saying - But Still With Smile]

[Moves Closer to Me and Looks Straight in Face, Pronounces Each Syllable Slowly] Are. You Smoking?

[Doesn't Know if Joking or Not... Smile Still Present from both FanFic and Mom, Stares] ... Huh?

[Still Serious] Are you smoking? I smell smoke. Are you doing drugs?

[Takes Several Sniffs of Air, Slight Smile Won't Come Off Even Though Realising Mum isn't Joking] Uhh... I don't.. I don't smell anything...

[Turns Around Mumbling to Herself] Ask your dad to come up...

[Smile Finally Slips Off, Mumbles to Myself] Oh now it comes off.

END OF BIZARRE INTERACTION

Well, I just had to post that up. It was really weird though, you know. Just out of no where: Are you smoking? I mean, what the heck?? Then there was that stupid smile that wouldn't get OFF my face! My mom probably thought I was thinking of how good I was lying to her and my lips decided to become twin idiots - dead give-aways. Well, my dad came up a minute later moving into the room as if to check through the blinds and I hear him sniff if I concentrated enough. At this point, I was going on how much they trusted me. I mean, I was only their daughter that decidedly never curses, was graduating High School in about THREE WEEKS, is moving out in about THREE MONTHS, and listens to most of what they say as long as I agree with it.

I mean, OK, I have always wondered how a cigarette was and the closest I ever got to one was when I put one in my mouth UNLIT. Then I dissected it. :) *ahem* The point is that I never actually tried one at its full potential. Plus, I was accompanied by someone at the time I "experimented" with the dud.

My mom, on the other hand, got a whiff of one when she was younger from one of HER great-aunts. Her great-aunt answered her mom (my grandma) that it's better to try before with adult supervision who cares about them so they won't get so curious so that they feel as if they have to try it - and they might actually like it. Needless to say, my mom didn't like it. :) According to what she told me, she had a coughing fit of a sort.

*rolls eyes* You know what? I may just get a box just to spite her. ;)