And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself

 Carmen was starting to wonder if it had been a bad idea, Trish to go on a trip to Seoul. Of course, Trish was talking to Carmen as if she might be hiding out.

Carmen felt as if her ear was glued to her cell, and this was Kenny's last day of school. She'd promised to take him out for pizza and the arcade, but Trish was keeping them from leaving the house (Carmen was staying at the zoo where Trish and her husband lived).

"It's like.."

"Like what?" Carmen finally asked after waiting for Trish to finish her sentence while Kenny was wringing his hands, asking how much longer Carmen would be on the phone.

"I don't know," Trish sighed. "It's like everything I say..I'm putting my foot in  my mouth."

"Oh, it can't be that bad," Carmen thought Trish was making this up. "I'm sure Liv loves that you are there. You just  have to stop worrying."

"I think something's wrong with me."

"I'm sure you're fine." 

Carmen knew they had to get going. They were to meet Justin and Randy at the Pizza place. 

"No, maybe..maybe I'm really ill."

Trish sounded distraught. 

"Do you want me to talk to Tristan?"

If anyone could get through to Trish it was probably her son, but still, she wanted to let Liv know that her mother was not doing all right. Of course, maybe she knew this, and Carmen should just keep quiet.

"NO," Trish said about Tristan, but in the next breath she said, "Yes. You two should talk. You need to talk to him."

This cracked Carmen up as she grabbed her keys then. She couldn't wait another second. "I'll see what I can do, OK?"

At least this eased Trish, so she texted Tristan on the way to the car to see if he wanted to join them for pizza. He instantly dinged back. Of course, he did.