Shattered

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"Big brother, wake up!" Benji's little sister whispered into his ear, Benji woke up in a pool of his own sweat.

"Just a dream." he thought to himself, he got up sluggish. He looked at the clock, it was 5am, Benji sighed. He stood up and went to the bathroom, he looked in the mirror, his dark circles under his eyes became darker, and now his jawline and cheekbones were showing even more than usual. Benji sighed again, he brushed his teeth and messed up his hair. He walked out of his bathroom and out of his room. He walked down the hall to his little sister's room. He knocked 3 times gently, he opened the door. His sister was still fast asleep on her bed.

"Hey Brit, time to get up." Benji said calmly into his sister's ear, his sister rolled over and fell back asleep. "Aww, come on, I'll make pancakes, if you wake up right now." Benji whispered. This made his sister jump up and run out of the door. Benji smiled and started coughing a bit, "Huh, that's new." Benji thought to himself. He walked back out to see his little sister sitting on the couch waiting patiently. "Want to watch cartoons?" Benji asked.

"Yeah!" Benji's sister yelled, she was now jumping up and down, excited.

"Ok, calm down." Benji laughed, he grabbed the remote and turned on some random cartoon. After a minute of watching it Benji walked over to the kitchen and started to make pancakes. 10 minutes passed and the pancakes were ready. "Brit, breakfast!" Benji said, Benji walked over to the dining table and placed her plate of pancakes in front of a chair. Brit sat down and started to devour them. Just then their hungover dad walked in staggering, "Want pancakes?" Benji stood up,

"Sit your lazy ass down, I don't need some kid to tell me what to do." his father grumbled, Benji sighed,

"Do you want a beer?" Benji asked, he walked over to his father,

"Shut up! Geez I just want some price and quiet." Benji's dad slapped him across the face. Benji fell to the floor in plain, "That's what you get weakling!" their father kicked Benji and left back to his room.

"Are you ok?" Brit asked concerned, she ran over with pancakes still flowing out of her mouth,

"Yeah, don't worry, I'll be right back, I'm gonna use the restroom." Benji struggled to stand and walked into his room and to his bathroom. He collapsed on the ground and crawled to the toilet, he weakly opened the lid and proceeded to throw up into the toilet. He was gripping around the toilet so hard his knuckles were white. He flushed the toilet and struggled to get up, he whipped his mouth with his hand. He walked back out and looked at the time, "Crap, I'm gonna be late!" Benji whispered. Benji grabbed his school clothes and quickly changed, he fixed his uniform and grabbed his backpack. He walked back out and saw Brit sitting on the couch watching cartoons, "Brit, I'm going to school see you tonight!" Benji kissed her on her head and walked to the door,

"Love you!" Brit said in a cute high pitched voice, Benji walked out the door and jumped on his blue bike. He went down the hill and passed a bridge, he went by small shops, he went down an alley and went south. He finally got to school, he parked his bike by the gym, he walked into the gym out of breath.