"I am being serious! Look at how serious my face is right now. And believe me when I tell you that you are not going! You don't have to meet with them! No one's making you! You're 17; they're no longer your guardians, and thank heavens! It's in the past, so be done with it, and them! Good riddance to bad rubbish! It's better if you never have to see any of their worthless faces again...."