My favorite enemy

Chapter twenty five | bad dreams and sad realities

(TRIGGER WARNING.)

"Dude can you hurry the hell up in there my friends are going to be here to get me any minute!" I hear my brother banging on the other side of the bathroom door.

"Oh my god fine go!" I swing open the bathroom door, I can't even pee peacefully in this house.

He slips past me and into the bathroom shutting it behind him.

I roll my eyes as I jog down the hallway and down the stairs, making my way into the kitchen.

My mom could be at the hospital for as long as three days so thankfully she went grocery shopping before her shift.

I open the pantry door and skim the shelves before grabbing a pack of animal crackers.

As I'm closing the pantry Xander walks down the stairs.

"Hey i'm out, i'll be back on Sunday." He slings a backpack over his shoulder and heads for the door.

"Okay be safe love you."

I hear the door close and I sigh, I have so much damn homework to do it's not even funny.

I open my animal crackers and head back up the stairs.

I don't really like being here alone but I don't really have a choice.

Violet's out of town with her mom for the weekend visiting family in Florida and Jack is on a fishing trip with his dad.

Whatever I'm just going to get my homework done and go to bed as early as possible.

I make it up to my room and grab a hoodie from my closet, I throw it on before grabbing my computer from my desk.

I plop onto my bed and open my computer.

I need to make a slideshow for science class, It's really not that hard but it takes a lot of studying.

I open the notes link that my teacher gave to me and begin reading.

Science has to be the most boring class in the world.

I'm fairly smart in literally anything other than science and math.

I read about 5 paragraphs before I feel my eyes start to get heavy.

Just two more pages Scarlett you can do this.

I decide to lay back in bed with my computer.

It's only 5 Pm I should not be this tired, I got a full 8 hours of sleep.

I try my best to read as much as possible but nope, sleep takes over.

never decide to rest your eyes while doing homework.

...

Please no please no please no.

I'm a little girl again, I trace my finger along the little planets on the comforter.

"What the fuck did I tell you about eating those when you're not told to?!" I hear a man yell.

"I-I'm sorry dad I-"

SMACK.

"Ouch! why'd you do that?" I hear a little boy start to cry.

Curiously I get up and peer my little head through the crack of the bedroom door.

I see the little boy crying, looking up at his dad.

"You're missing out on dinner for a while I hope you know that, now go sit in the corner and think about what you've done smart ass!" He gives him another smack on the arm before I hear footsteps heading for the door.