I really feel for Ginty here. It is easy to forget how intensely you feel things as a teenager, and how powerless you are. Spending time with Patrick before they are separated for weeks and weeks is incredibly important to her, and here her mother is barging in with trunks and dentists and ruining it all; and not only can she not do anything about it, but she can't even talk about how she feels to anyone. Fantasizing that one day you will be powerful enough to get a sympathetic hearing for your heart-break feels so natural.
And desperately watching the driveway in case she can have a 10 minute chat with Patrick, and not have to spend the entire day visualizing him shmoozing with Nicola, feels right as well.
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'There's one thing I can never forgive my mother'
Date: 2015-02-13 08:10 pm (UTC)And desperately watching the driveway in case she can have a 10 minute chat with Patrick, and not have to spend the entire day visualizing him shmoozing with Nicola, feels right as well.