Nicholas

Chapter 2

I wake up from my accidental nap I took after getting into my room. I looked at my clock and noticed that it was 3 in the morning. Light from the street lamps was peering into my room, lighting some of it up. I noticed that the night was clear and the bright silver white moon was out lighting up the night making it seem like day out, it was so pretty. I looked around my room and noticed that I left some things out and that the boy was nowhere to be found. I sighed in relief thinking that he was finally gone and sat up in bed rubbing my eyes. I thought about putting stuff away before going back to bed so it was tidy in my room but I couldn't motivate myself to get up and I was still really tired. It was still pretty dark in my room and parts even darker than the rest. I yawn and stretch out my body. I sit in my bed staring at the corner of the room thinking about whatever my brain wants. I start thinking about the boy again and I shiver. What if he wasn't just a hallucination? What if he was a ghost or worse a demon after me for something I did? I started to cry thinking about my friend that passed. I miss him so much. He was my best friend I knew him since we were toddlers. Why did this mysterious boy look so much like him?? Why is he following me everywhere?? WHY CAN'T ANYONE ELSE SEE HIM?? I was crying so hard and loud that it woke my mom up. I heard her walking into my room but I couldn't stop crying I felt so ill and numb. She turned on the lights so she could see where she was and not fall over.
"Nicky sweetie what's wrong?" She sat on my bed next to me.
"I miss him mom I miss him so much" I was choking on my words and was still crying. She started hugging me and rocking me slowly to calm me down. She rested her head on mine gently rubbing my back.
"I know darling it's very hard to lose someone you love" I thought about telling her about the boy but I was scared to tell her I looked up at her and built up the courage to tell her
"Mom I have something to tell you" she looked at me confused and a little scared.
"What is it sweetie?"
"I've been seeing this boy that no one else can see and he kinda looks like my friend he has these sad and tired eyes that stare into my soul I saw him at dinner behind dad" she looks away from me for a second to process what I just said. She looked really scared and didn't know what to say. I started to shake and squeezed my mom's pajamas I was scared and couldn't feel anything. She noticed it and hugged me tighter. My dad walked in angrily he looked pissed off.
"Why the fuck are you both awake at this hour?? You both know I have work really early in the fucking morning!!" He started screaming at us and he had his knife. Mom was squeezing me tight while I was shaking and hyperventilating I couldn't see from the tears swelling in my eyes. My dad was really blurry, then I saw a figure appear behind him. I was so terrified that I couldn't hear anything of what my dad was saying.
"Are you fucking listening to me you fucking little spoiled ass brat???" I looked at my dad who was now at the end of my bed gripping his knife. He was so mad that his whole face was bright red. I stared at him with a blank expression so no response to his yelling. He was shaking from screaming at me and mom.
"You are such a stupid ass brat, you get anything you fucking want because your mommy lets you, well I'm sick of it! I'm sick of you disrespecting me!"
"LEAVE HIM ALONE" my mom started screaming at him, the boy was in my room at that point, I saw him. This time he looked mad and stared at my father who was screaming at the top of his lungs.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP WOMEN YOU FUCKING USELESS SKANK" my dad slapped her causing my mom to fall to the ground. I rushed to her but my dad stopped me and put his knife near me.
"Help your mom up and I'll cut your goddamn throat" I looked at him shaking terrified. I stand up completely straight up and back up a tiny bit. My dad put his knife down and spat at me, hitting my face.
"Fuck you I wish your mom aborted your useless weak ass. You will never be my son, you'll never be my child and never be accepted as mine" I was so pissed off at him. I wanted to scream and yell at him how dare he hurt my mom, how dare he say that to me. He smirked at me and he said the most disgusting thing to me..
"why don't you do everyone a favor and kill yourself? No one will fucking miss you. I definitely wont miss you. I hate you and your stupid fake illnesses, they are so annoying and so hard to take care of" The boy was gone and dad's knife was also gone from his hands. I was so confused, scared and pissed off. I looked at my dad who turned around to walk out of my room, going back downstairs. I looked around the floor a little bit but didn't see any knives on the ground so I assumed he put it back in his pocket when I was distracted. Mom was still on the floor, she was crying and holding her cheek. She looked so numb, her eyes didn't have her usual sparkle in them. They were completely cold looking and blank. I sat next to her and she looked at me for a second and then looked at the floor. I couldn't recognize her it was like someone was pretending to be her. I never saw her this numb in my life or even sad. She was always happy, smiling and laughing.
"Mommy I'm sorry.." she slowly sat up but she was still crying.
"It's okay Nick but I should be apologizing to you"
"But you're the one that got hurt, he literally made you fall"
"I know... but he pulled the knife out on you and said all of those mean things.. He was never like that at all he loved you so much. I don't know why or understand how he got like this. He was so sweet and caring when we were younger and when we had you."
I paused to think about that. I remembered all of the good times I had with my dad and she was right he was never like this. I didn't want her to leave or see him right now.
"Mom do you want to sleep in here tonight with me?"
"That seems like a good idea Nick I don't want to see your father right now" I hugged her tight I felt so bad. I love my mom so much. She hugged me back and we both got into my bed. We both fell asleep.