Chapter+12+Summary

Tom was very worried about Becky because she hadnt been showing up for school lately. His mind kept on straying places. He would show up at her house and felt miserable about it. His aunt became very concerned about him. She tried many different remdies on him. She was being very over protective of Tom. The aunt found out about pain killers and gave them to Tom. He became addicted to them because they gave him energy even when he wasn't feeling good. One day Peter who is toms cat was sniffing the pain killers so tom gave one to him. When auntie came back the cat was going balistic. She relized that she was being cruel to tom for making him undergo all of these redmedies. The next day at school Becky was there. Tom was doing all these crazy things to try and impress her. In the end she just called him a show off.

Do you think Auntie was being too protective? Are your parents ever protective of you in certain situations?