Its a nice day, sunny and warm. But not too warm. Pretty much perfect. Too bad it's going to be ruined . we have another one of those meetings again. Nothing ever happens. It's just all of us sitting and listening to the same people say the same things over and over again. I dont see why we even have to go. They could just give us a pamphlet or something. I suppose it's so we can be social or something as well. But in reality it just wastes everyone's time. There's a few perks; there's food afterwards. Thats pretty much it.
There's a sudden knocking on the door which startles me. "Mum says 'get ready'. Are you ready yet?". It's charlie. My little brother. Good thing he's checking in because I'm not ready and mum is going to be furious. He comes in and there's sorrow all over his face . " i cant find my shoes.." i kneel down beside him and try my best to look sympathetic. "Go ask mum. She probably knows ." charlie starts to say something but i cut him off because i already know what it is. "She wont be angry with you. They're just shoes".
He fidgets for a second before nodding and then he hugs me. It's nice being hugged. I guess because im nearly an adult, people dont have time for hugs anymore. But charlie is just too full of love for everyone. So i can always get plenty out of him. I hug him back tightly. he grins and walks back out . i look back at the window and keep thinking about nothing until it's time to go.
Jack is giggling to himself in the backseat .i wish he'd shut up for once. He's my other little brother. Although he's 16 now. So , not so little. But, he's plotting something, i can tell. I just hope we get there soon so i can leave the car and get as far away from him as possible. Charlie is humming quietly in the seat next to him, patting his little new pet sheep. He's obsessed with them.
Miraculously we get to the hall without anything terrible happening, but as im getting out of the car, jack grabs my hand and smirks . i feel something crawl up my arm and my whole body goes cold. Everyone else has started going inside by now. I feel sick. Im shaking violently as i slowly move my hand up to where it is on my arm. But i cant bear to touch it. it suddenly starts running up my arm and onto my shoulder and i just start screaming and flailing around . charlie sees me and runs over . i try to tell him what's wrong but i cant manage to piece the words together .but, he eventually sees it and pulls the spider out of my shirt from my sleeve and drops it on the ground. He looks up at me, "A-are you ok?" . i try to talk again but all that comes out is a sob. Charlie takes my hand and leads me to our mother, Marie. Charlie tugs on her dress and she looks over to us. She gasps once she sees my tears and pulls me into a hug. "Oh no, what happened...?" .i point shakily at jack And make sure to sniffle extra loud so she knows how really hurt i am. She storms off to go scold him and i can hear her yelling at him from across the room and suppress a giggle. I'm still supposed to be 'traumatised'. I can use it against him later. Im about to go look for anyone to talk to , but thats when he comes in.
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