Short Stories of My Life

Can't Sleep Again Tonight

It was midnight, the moon is up, stars in the dark sky and it was so quiet, except for the occasional sounds of birds and dogs outside, with a sigh I got up and took a look at my four siblings sleeping peacefully beside me, then I carefully stood up as to not wake them up and got out of the room, I took a peek towards my parent's room and saw them asleep as well, I then carefully walked out of the house and quietly shut the door and slip on some slippers. I went and run outside and started climbing a pole and then standing on the rooftop of our neighbor's house, since most of the houses are side by side, going from the rooftop to the rooftop was easy. I met a few stray cats here and there and saw a few people below who probably just finished their shifts and are going home while some are leaving their house about to start theirs, the road was a bit empty too, not many cars passing by since it's the dead of the night. I sometimes stop by a few stores that are still open at that time just to say hi to the employees and wish them luck on their shift, some smile and tell me to be careful, and some other times when I'm lucky they'd give me a few snacks to eat, no one questions while I'm still out on that time of the night, since I don't tell them as to why either. After all that, I'd go to my usual spot on a specific roof near our house and just lay there watching the stars while eating my snacks, sometimes I'd even try and look for some constellations to pass the time when I saw that the sun is about to rise I quickly jump from roof to roof till I reach ours and climbed down on a wooden beam and carefully made my way inside and start making breakfast and cleaning the house. I stopped doing that though, once I entered junior high and it still amazes me that no one has caught me doing those things.