Going once Going twice Sold

Packing up

Once home I parked my car and walked inside. The house was empty because as usual both my parents were still at work and my little brother Ethan was still at school. I headed to the kitchen to get a snack.

I grabbed an apple from the bowl on the counter so I wouldn't make a mess. I picked my bag up and headed upstairs to my room. I walked to my closet, putting my bag down, I pulled out a half-packed suitcase and placed it on the floor next to my bed.

For the next hour or so I made a mess, throwing clothes around my room, trying to find clothes for the trip. Once I had finally finished, and I had everything ready to go I got into bed and turned on Netflix and started watching my favorite show, "How I Met Your Mother."

When my parents got home from work after picking my brother up from school, I went downstairs to the kitchen to help my mother cook dinner. It was something that we have done together since I was six and I have always loved it. She was like my best friend, and we got along together very well. We decide that we are going to make a salmon dish, which is one of my favorite things to eat. It is salmon which is perfectly seasoned and baked in puff pastry with hollandaise sauce on it with peas on the side.

After we finish cooking dinner, we all sit down in the dining room and eat together.

"So are you excited about the trip?" My dad asks as he took a bite of his food.

"super" I replied with a smile.

"Well just make sure you all stick together and call me every night so I know you're safe and don't leave the hotel after dark, o.k." my mum states.

"I will," I say, rolling my eyes. It's so annoying how she treats me like I'm 10 and I'm not. I'm 17 and will be 18 in two months. She needs to understand that.

"Can I come?" Ethan says with a whiny voice and pleading eyes.

"I wish bud. But you have camp, and it's only for a week. You'll be fine." I said. My brother and I have always been close and still get along well, even though there is a six-year age gap.

After we finish dinner, I help mum with the dishes. We have a routine that she likes where she washes, and I dry.

"Are you sure you don't want an adult to come with you guys? It doesn't even have to be me." Mum said, looking up from washing the dishes.

"We will be fine, I promise. Ok?" I say.

"I just worry. I don't know what I would do if anything ever happened to you or Ethan. I just love you guys so much." She said, as her eyes began to get water.

"We love you too, and as I said, we will be fine," I say, giving her a hug.

After we finished cleaning up dinner, I went upstairs changed into my pj's and got in bed and turned off the light.