stormy eyes

ch6. thirsty are we

I wake up to the sound of sawing. My eyes flutter open. where am I this isn't my room...is this what happens after death. All of a sudden I see blue hair and it all comes back to me; the noose, stormy eyes, and stars. With that I shoot up I wasn't supposed to fall asleep.
"We fell asleep!"
"Yea you had a pretty busy day yesterday" before he could finish I stood up and started to leave.
" Hey, where are you going?" He asked following me down the latter.
"I wasn't supposed to stay, I have to go home my parents are probably worried sick about me your parents are probably doing the same."
"But I thought you were going to help me build the tree house?" He questioned
" I ... I forgot about that." I looked up at the parsley-finished tree house. I did notice when I got up but all the walls were done the only thing left was the roof. I look at parry and make a small smile
" Ok, but after the roof, I have to go home."
"Deal " he replied smiling big.

We worked and talked for a will and after about 2 hours we finished the roof we even put a hatch on the roof so we could climb up and star gaze.
"Well, it looks pretty good." I tell parry.
"It sure does," he says with a big grin
"Well, I guess this is goodbye I tell him as I start to walk home."
"Hey!!" He calls out "can I see you again tonight?" I just looked at him why would he want to see me again? "I thought you just needed help with your tree house?"
"You mean our tree house," he says with a chuckle. "Ok so I need you to pick up your favorite colors of Kool-Aid and make sure you get a lot and then meet me back here at 9 "
"Um... Ok " is all I manage to get out.
"See you later" he waves to me.

I start my journey back home something I did think I would ever do again but here I am. By the time I reach home it had to be 1 or 2 I forgot to ask parry for the time when I left.
I open the front door expecting some type of worry from my family but when there wasn't I just went to the kitchen grabbed an orange and then went to my room to get changed out of my clothes from the day before. I ended up only changing my button-up for a t-shirt thats when I hear a knock at my door.
"Come in," I say I start to finish the rest of my orange, my sister walks in and sits down on my bed.
"Hey mom said I had to go to the store do you need anything?" She asked.
"Actually can I go with you? I have to pick up some stuff" I ask.
"Yeah, of course" she responded.

We drove to the store and were now picking up the stuff on our mom's list. We walked through the busy store when my sister told me she could get the rest and I could go get what I needed. So now Im standing in front of what seems like a million flavors of Kool-Aid. Am I really about to do this, what colors am I supposed to get? After 5 minutes of staring and contemplating, I grabbed pink, red, yellow, green, and of course, I had to get blue. I had a feeling that was his favorite color. I made my way to the checkout where I see my sister waiting impatiently.
"Thirsty are we ?" She said giving a nod to the things of Kool-Aid I was struggling to carry.
"Oh no there was a sale" is all I said
"What was it by 6 get 60 free," she said chuckling.
We checked out not without getting weird looks from the cashier and then we packed up the car and started on our way home.
"So I did hear you come back in last night," my sister said turning the radio down.
"Oh well you know me I can be pretty quiet" was all I said.
"Nate I hate to pry and all but as your big sister I worry about you, well I have been worrying about you is everything all right?" She asked.
No "yes everything is fine" is all I said.
We sat in silence for the rest of the way home.
When we got home my sister decided she was going to carry all the groceries in one go but asked for my help when she almost dropped the eggs. After the groceries were put away I went to my room to chill and organize the varieties of Kool-Aid.
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I woke up to my mom yelling that dinner was done. I scrambled to check what time it was 7:45 mom probably had to wait on my dad to get home so we could all eat together. I sleepily make my way downstairs where I see my sister setting the table.
"Hey, Nate can you help laura set the table," Mom yelled.
I didn't answer her I just started to help laura. We set the table and then got the food from the kitchen.
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It was now 9:30 and im standing in my room debating whether or not im going to see him again. Better yet why he wants to see me again? Is it some kind of joke or something? Why me, why now? This is so stupid why am I like this? I fell back on my bed I lay there for a couple of minutes then get up grabbed the bag of Kool-Aid and sneak downstairs. I head back to a forest I never thought I would leave.