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all it was her first time.
Tanya had to know what
happened, but Lia refused to
talk, she quickly made Lia’s
favourite hot chocolate with
marshmallows and took it up to
her room. Lia was reading a
book and seemed busy. Tanya
persisted and wanted Lia to
talk. Lia wanted to be left alone,
yet her little girl seemed lost.
After a lot of cajoling and
persisting Lia burst out into
tears, they won’t stop. Her
arms around her daughter,
Tanya smoothed down her hair
and wiped her cheeks
repeatedly. After what seemed
an eternity Lia finally calmed
down enough to tell her that
Lana had put on a movie with
MA rating and there were lots
of kissing and violence to which
Lia was uncomfortable. When
she asked Lana to switch off,
they called her a ‘baby’ and
made fun of her. Lia’s little
world had fallen apart that
second, when she found her
best friend making fun of her
and enjoying at her expense.
She didn’t know how to go back
to school and face these girls