Heavy-Heart Anouncement (2) torn apart

Yet even as I marched upstairs to ask Ryan's mom to call my mom, I was still tempted to stay. Leaving would mean missing out on our plan to make our own mini pizzas, which, if I'm being honest, was one of the main selling points of this sleepover in the first place. Had this exact same get-together taken place during the day, I wouldn't have thought twice about staying the whole time. But here's the thing: It's not the day.

It's nighttime, and I'm scared, and I want to go home.

So, sadly, I will not be able to take part in the Nerf gun battle. I will not be changing into my Kylo Ren-themed pajamas. I will not be demonstrating my belching skills, nor will I be present when we make a list of all the bad words we know and type them into Google. You'll all just have to carry on without me.

For now, I must roll up my sleeping bag and un-sync my extra Wii U controller. Know that my departure isn't just for my own good - it's for the good of us all. Had I stayed, I would have only brought the party down, with all my sniffling in the corner, my uncomfortable silence, or, given the anxiety I have experienced, my inability to make it through the night without wetting myself.

At the end of the day, all I really want is what's best for the sleepover. That's why, though it grieves me to do so, I must formally take my leave. I now have time for a few questions while my dad drives over. I have to be standing outside when he gets here.

VOCAB:

yet zde: a přesto | I was tempted to stay lákalo mě zůstat | miss out on sth. přijít o něco | selling point lákadlo, atrakce | why did you come here in the first place? proč jsi sem vůbec přišel? | get-together sraz | take place stát se, proběhnout | think twice about sth. rozmyslet si | sadly bohužel | take part in sth. zúčastnit se | change into převléknout se do | *belch říhat | type napsat (na klávesnici), zadat 
(do vyhledávače) | carry on pokračovat | for now prozatím | sleeping bag spacák | bring sth. down zde: (z)kazit | *sniffle popotahovat (brečet) | given... vzhledem k... | anxiety úzkost | inability neschopnost | make it through přežít, přečkat | *grieve rmoutit, trápit