𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈(Mariano Castano)

16

I sit down at the kitchen table. The nurse gives me a bowl with cereal and a banana. "It's something for now". I take small bites of the food. I felt my stomach growl as I was eating the food. "Thank you". "No problem Sarai you need some energy anyways". She's so nice no wonder Mariano likes her. After I finish eating I wash the bowl I used. When I was done I walked back to the room and I see Kayla getting up from her seat. "I'm going home, want me to drive you back to the park?". I thought of staying here for a bit longer. It was only 10 in the morning. "You can go home I'll walk you out".

I walk Kayla down to her car before she gets in she grabs my hand tight. I look up at her upset. I could feel tears run down my face. "He's okay now Sara. He's ok". I let go of her hand. She gets in her car. I watch her car drive away.

Once she was gone I walk into the house and make my way back to the room. On my way to the room, I heard Mar talking to his dad about me. "No dad for the last time she's not going to help you. She's been through so much I don't want to put her in that position". He's doing what's best for me. If he asked me I don't think I would put myself in that position either. I knocked on the door to stop them from talking. "You can come in love". I stepped into the room. I sit down at the same spot where I was before.
I looked over at his dad. He looked pissed. I would tell him everything about Matthias but I still have a small spot for my brother. He's overprotective I get why but I don't know if I fully trust him after all these years.
Once it hit 11:30 I decided to take off. Samy dropped me off at the park. As soon as we arrived I looked around the park for Heaven. She wasn't there yet. "I'm going home. I'll call you if something comes up alright". I nod. I watched Samy go back to his car. Once he left I wait for Heaven to arrive. I just watched the kids at the park play around. It reminded me of the time Heaven, Matthias, and I played at the park when we were younger.

𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐...

It was the last day of summer break before I start kindergarten. Matthias, Heaven, and I were on the way to the park with our parents. "I call going on the swings first!" I yelled in excitement. "Not if I make it there first". Matthias has already started a race. I ran as fast as I could to the swings. As I was making my way I felt myself trip over a rock. I looked down at the little bruise I got on my knee. I felt like I was about to cry until I saw my brother make his way towards me. "It's okay Sara I got you". Matthias picks me up and carries me over his shoulders to the swings. "You win, feel better now?". He smiles. "All better Matti" I giggled. He pushes both my sister and me on the swings. "I'm swinging higher than you Heav!". "Not a chance Sara" my sister began to push her legs up and down. The three of us laughed as we were playing around the whole playground. It was one of the best memories of my life.

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚

Heaven arrived at the park. We both walked home together. When we both walked into the house I went up to the bathroom and Heaven walked back into her room. I took a quick shower to clean up all the mess from last night. When I was done I changed into a new pair of clothes. I finished changing then I go down to the living room. I see my mom on the couch asleep as well as my father. I turned off the tv they both left on and covered them with a blanket. 

"How was the sleepover?" I turned around and I look at my brother who standing by the entrance of the living room. "It was alright. We just watched movies all night". "Remember the movie nights we used to have. I would sit on that part of the couch and you would sit next to me with that same blanket all the time". "Yeah. We would always watch the same movies because I wanted to. Mom and dad would always get tired of hearing us recite the same words over and over again". "What can I say- the camera loves me" we both recited at the same time. "You still remember". "Of course I do Matthias. It was from our favorite movie of all time". "Come on I want to show you something".

 I followed him down to the basement. He takes out a book that was filled with dust. We both blow onto the book and the little piles of dust move into the air which causes us to cough. We looked at the pictures that were in the book. Most of them were filled with Matthias and me than Heaven and I together. "You know maybe you still are the same". "A little bit Matthias, a little bit".