Slam - chapter 3 & 4

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"I wouldn't be so scared of her, [Alicia] then." (p. 56, ll.22)

This one sentence is from Sam's mother Annie but why would she say something like that? She's scared of her son's girlfriend? That sounds a bit strange, doesn't it? 

But let's look at the story from the third and fourth chapter and maybe after reading it we'll know the reasons of Annie's fear.

Chapter 3:

Sam and Alicia are now a couple and it couldn't be better between them. They're always together, watching TV together or going outside for a walk, "I dreamed my way through school for the next few weeks. I dreamed my way through life, really." (p. 47, ll.1-2). They even say that they love each other what is a huge step in a relationship. Sam's mother isn't that happy about their relationship because "It's not healthy." (p.49, ll.33). She asks Sam about him and Alicia having sex. He doesn't know what to answer because they slept together and he feels uncomfortable to tell that to his mother, who wouldn't?

Chapter 4:

The relationship between Alicia and Sam stops being so nice. Sam gets a bit annoyed of his girlfriend and he starts living his life like before he knew Alicia, "It's not that things started to go wrong between me and Alicia. It just stopped being so nice." (p.60, ll.1-2). That's why he thinks about breaking up with her. On the other hand it seems like that Alicia still loves him and believes in their relationship.

Now there's still the question why Sam's mum is scared of her son's girlfriend. 

• Sam has a theory why his mum is scared of his girlfriend, "My mum was worried about things changing, her being left on her own, me becoming a part of someone else's life and someone else's family, me growing up and not being  her little boy any more, me becoming someone else..." (p.56, ll.24-28). After raising him up from a little baby to a teenager she's scared now to let him go and live his own life.

• Another theory is that she's scared that Sam would gamble his future because of Alicia, "It gets in the way of things. (...) Friends. Schoolwork. Family. Skating ... Everything. Life." (p. 50, ll.5-7). He seems to forget his life when he's with Alicia and he even doesn't skate so much than before. Maybe she's scared of that so Sam can't live his life.

• Another theory of me is that Sam's mother is scared of Alicia because she doesn't know Alicia's family that well. She doesn't know if they're good people or bad people who only seems nice in public. They could have a bad influence to her 'little' boy.

• Maybe she has also the fear that when Sam now has a girlfriends he really loves, he could do something stupid without thinking about it. He could run away with the strange girl and never come back. Another idea would be that the couple does the same mistake like Sam's parents and they'd get a baby together.

These are a few theories for you and maybe you have some on your own. Maybe you'd like to share your thoughts so just comment what you think about Annie's sentence.
I'm so curious to see what's going to happen next and maybe we'll know in the next few chapters why Annie's so scared of Alicia.

See you in my next blog post ^^