𝑾𝑬 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑾𝑬 𝑨𝑹𝑬 | ¹✓

6 | not another sibling!

Sam felt a hand hold his, he smiled softly as he closed his eyes, falling asleep.

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the next morning, Sam woke up and looked beside him, seeing Carl who was peacefully sleeping, his head laying on Sam's shoulder, he smiled and carefully got out of the bed.

Sam quietly walked out of his room, and went downstairs to see Ava and Cody watching TV in the living room, "where's mom and Aunt Jude?" Sam asked, looking around, "They left to go shopping." Ava said to him, looking at the cartoon that was playing on the TV.

Sam walked to the kitchen , going to the fridge, opening it, "did you guys eat yet?" He asked, "yeah, mom fed us before she left," Ava said.

"Okay." Sam then grabbed a few eggs
and began to cook.

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after a while, Carl came downstairs, Sam saw him, "hey, morning sleepyhead." He chuckled softly as he ate the last bite of his breakfast, "Morning, Sam," Carl said as he walked over to him, "I made you some breakfast if you're hungry." Sam told him, "thanks,"

Carl looked over and saw a plate of eggs with a piece of toast on the side, he picked up his fork and began to eat, "what's he doing here?" Ava asked Sam, looking at Carl, "he slept over,"

"Oh."

Sam suddenly heard a ding from his phone, he looked down on the island, turning on his phone, seeing a notification, "mom and Aunt Jude's on their way home."

Sam turned around and set his empty plate in the sink, "I'm going to the Clift, wanna come?" He asked Carl, "uh, yeah. Are we jumping again?" He asked, taking a bite of his toast.

"Yeah," he laughed lightly, "what Clift?" Ava asked.

"it's in the woods, Ava."

"You mean the one where a ki-" suddenly the front door opened and Christine and Jude came inside,
Holding grocery bags in their arms.

Ava turned and walked over, "I'll help."

"Thank you, sweetie." Christine said, handing Ava a bag, she walked over to the counter and set the rest down.

Christine turned to her left, "Oh, Sam, later this evening, I need you to watch your siblings, me and Aunt Jude are going somewhere." She said, looking at Sam.

"Alright, but me and Carl are leaving now so, uh, bye." Sam said, grabbing Carl's hand and walking toward the front door.

"hold on, where are you going in such a rush?" She asked them.

They stopped and looked at her, not realizing that they were still holding hands, "Going to... Cam's, he wanted to show us something that he made for class on the way to school." Sam lied, he didn't want his mother to know that they were going to skip, and go to the quarry, and practically worry to death about where they are if they didn't show up back home.

"alright. Bye boys."

Sam nodded and they both walked outside, leaving the house and going to the quarry.

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"Who's Cam?" Carl asked, he was sitting on the edge of the cliff, looking at Sam beside him, "Cameron, He's been my friend, since first grade." Sam explained, "oh, so how many friends do you have?"